Differences in litter cover and understorey flora between stands of introduced lodgepole pine and native Scots pine in Sweden

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1900-1905

  Nilsson, Christer ^a   Engelmark, Ola ^b   Cory, Johanna ^a   Forsslund, Annika ^a   Carlborg, Elisabet ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b The Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Flora; Lichens; Non native plant; Pine stands; Pinus contorta; Pinus sylvestris; Species richness; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHRONOSEQUENCE; NON-NATIVE PLANTS; PINE STANDS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE VARIABLES;

FORESTRY;

BRYOPHYTE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; LICHEN; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

LICHENS; PINUS; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANTS; VASCULAR PLANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 39749087025     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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