Cryptogams in Estonian alvar forests: Species composition and their substrata in stands of different age and management intensity

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Meier, Elle ^a   Paal, Jaanus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Decaying wood; Lichen; Stone; Subnatural forest; Tree base; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 63649087425     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/085.046.0101     Document Type: Article

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