Forest ecosystem assessment, changes in biodiversity and climate change in a densely populated region (Flanders, Belgium)

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 623-629

  Hermy, M ^a,b   Van Der Veken, S ^a   Van Calster, H ^a   Plue, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Forest area; Forest plants; Millennium ecosystem assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649124859     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500802411023     Document Type: Review

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