Do diverse overstoreys induce diverse understoreys? Lessons learnt from an experimental-observational platform in Finland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 318, Issue , 2014, Pages 206-215

  Ampoorter, E ^a   Baeten, L ^a   Koricheva, J ^b   Vanhellemont, M ^a   Verheyen, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; FunDivEUROPE; Tree species identity effect; Tree species richness effect; Understorey dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893947788     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.030     Document Type: Article

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