Assessment of the functional role of tree diversity: The multi-site FORBIO experiment

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-35

  Verheyen, Kris ^a   Ceunen, Kris ^a   Ampoorter, Evy ^a   Baeten, Lander ^a   Bosman, Bernard ^b   Branquart, Etienne ^c   Carnol, Monique ^b   De Wandeler, Hans ^d   Grégoire, Jean Claude ^e   Lhoir, Pierre ^f   Muys, Bart ^d   Setiawan, Nuri Nurlaila ^a   Vanhellemont, Margot ^a   Ponette, Quentin ^f  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Belgian Biodiversity Platform   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning research; Field experiment; Forest ecology; Forest management; Mixed forest; Tree diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875460154     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2013.803     Document Type: Article

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