Clear-felling effects on colonization rates of shade-tolerant forest herbs into a post-agricultural forest adjacent to ancient forest

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-83

  De Keersmaeker, Luc ^a   Vandekerkhove, Kris ^a   Verstraeten, Arne ^a   Baeten, Lander ^b   Verschelde, Pieter ^a   Thomaes, Arno ^a   Hermy, Martin ^c   Verheyen, Kris ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Ellenberg indicator value for light; Herbaceous layer; Plant species migration; Populus canadensis; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS;

EID: 78651453241     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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