Landownership is an unexplored determinant of forest understory plant composition in Northern France

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 306, Issue , 2013, Pages 281-291

  Bergès, Laurent ^a   Avon, Catherine ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^b   Dupouey, Jean Luc ^c  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersal mode; Edge effect; Landscape patterns; Past land use; Plant traits; Urbanity

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; SURVEYS;

DISPERSAL MODE; EDGE EFFECT; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; PLANT TRAITS; URBANITY;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST INVENTORY; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDOWNERSHIP; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SOIL TYPE; URBANIZATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION; FORESTRY; GIS; LAND USE; SOIL;

FRANCE;

EID: 84880941530     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.064     Document Type: Article

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