Species richness and resilience of forest communities: Combined effects of short-term disturbance and long-term pollution

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 339-350

  Trubina, Marina R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Copper smelter; Recovery; Species diversity; Spruce forests; Succession; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SMELTING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VASCULAR PLANT;

PICEA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 59849091437     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9558-z     Document Type: Article

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