Plant and arthropod communities in young oak stands: Are they determined by site history?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3165-3180

  Goßner, Martin ^a,b   Engel, Kerstin ^a   Jessel, Beate ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afforestations; Ancient woodland; Community structure; Diversity; Ecological guilds; Insects; Land use; Plants

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTHROPOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GUILD; INSECT; LAND USE; SITE EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WOODLAND;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ARTHROPODA; BRYOPHYTA; COLEOPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; NEUROPTERA; QUERCUS ROBUR; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 55149103730     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9418-0     Document Type: Article

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