Mature trees as keystone structures in holarctic ecosystems – a quantitative species comparison in a northern english park

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 243-250

  Hall, Stephen J G ^a   Bunce, Robert G H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alder; Beech; Parkland; Veteran trees; Wood pasture

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; LARIX; LARIX SP.; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 84856178606     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2011.586735     Document Type: Article

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