Different response to environmental factors and spatial variables of two attributes (cover and diversity) of the understorey layers

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1267-1274

  Gazol, Antonio ^a   Ibáñez, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beech; Herbaceous layer; Oak; Shrub layer; Spatial ecology; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

BEECH; HERBACEOUS LAYER; OAK; SHRUB LAYER; SPATIAL ECOLOGY; VARIATION PARTITIONING;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ECOLOGY; FAGUS; HERBS; QUERCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRUBS; SOIL;

FAGUS;

EID: 68949141662     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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