Abundance response of western European forest species along canopy openness and soil pH gradients

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1483-1490

  Van Couwenberghe, Rosalinde ^a,b   Collet, Catherine ^a,b   Lacombe, Eric ^a,b   Gégout, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Distribution models; Ecology; Forest management; Light; Niche differentiation

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAPS; COMBINED EFFECT; DISTRIBUTION MODELS; EUROPEAN FORESTS; FOREST REGENERATION; HERBACEOUS SPECIES; NICHE DIFFERENTIATION; ORDINAL REGRESSION; PH CONDITION; PH GRADIENTS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; REGIONAL SCALE; RUBUS IDAEUS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL PH; SOIL RESOURCES; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; STAND LEVELS; STAND STRUCTURES; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; NUTRIENTS; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY GAP; FLORISTICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIGHT EFFECT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNDERSTORY;

WESTERN EUROPE;

ANEMONE; ANEMONE NEMOROSA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; FESTUCA ALTISSIMA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; LAMIASTRUM GALEOBDOLON; LONICERA; LONICERA PERICLYMENUM; MOLINIA CAERULEA; OXALIS ACETOSELLA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS; RUBUS IDAEUS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 80051822631     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.06.049     Document Type: Article

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