Are abandoned wooded pastures suitable refugia for forest species?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 880-891

  Vojta, Jaroslav ^a   Drhovská, Lucie ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Forest continuity; Forest plant species; Land use history; Light availability; Secondary succession; Wooded pastures

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; LAND USE CHANGE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REFUGIUM; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY PLANT;

CZECH REPUBLIC; DOUPOV MOUNTAINS; KARLOVARSKY;

EID: 84865753706     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01399.x     Document Type: Article

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