Local and regional trends in the ground vegetation of beech forests

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 484-498

  Lalanne, Arnault ^a   Bardat, Jacques ^a   Lalanne Amara, Fouzia ^a   Ponge, Jean François ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Beech forests; Ground vegetation; Humus index; Regional and local factors; Species groups; Species richness

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST COVER; HUMUS; MOSS; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FRANCE;

BRYOPHYTA; FAGUS;

EID: 77955921395     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2009.12.032     Document Type: Article

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