Differences in plant-species composition, richness and community structure in ancient and post-agricultural pine forests in central Poland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 567-576

  Matuszkiewicz, Jan Marek ^a,b   Kowalska, Anna ^a   Kozłowska, Anna ^a   Roo Zielińska, Ewa ^a   Solon, Jerzy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

^b KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ancient forests; Ecological characteristics; Floristic composition; Post agricultural forests; Regeneration; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT FORESTS; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; FLORISTIC COMPOSITIONS; POST-AGRICULTURAL FORESTS; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY;

REFORESTATION;

AFFORESTATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; HISTORICAL RECORD; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; REFORESTATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

POLAND;

EID: 84884745413     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.08.060     Document Type: Article

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