Patterns of forest vegetation responses to edge effect as revealed by a continuous approach

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 601-609

  Alignier, Audrey ^a,b   Deconchat, Marc ^a,b  

^a UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Edge effect; Forest edge; Logistic model; Neutral response; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST EDGE; MODEL TEST; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

FRANCE;

EID: 84882264774     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0301-0     Document Type: Article

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