Reactions of the herb and moss layer, tree saplings and the shrub layer to tree deaths in forests of the Wielkopolska National Park (Western Poland)

Biologia

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-272

  Nowińska, Renata ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Herb layer; Plant functional groups; Shrub layer; Species diversity; Tree saplings; Type of dead tree

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CARPINUS; POACEAE; RUBUS;

EID: 77951725119     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-010-0014-x     Document Type: Article

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