Ground layer plant species turnover and beta diversity in southern-european old-growth forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Sabatini, Francesco Maria ^a   Burrascano, Sabina ^a   Tuomisto, Hanna ^b   Blasi, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEECH; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; FOREST STAND; FOREST STRUCTURE; FORESTRY; GROUND LAYER PLANT SPECIES; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; ORGANISMS BY HABITAT; PLANT DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEXTURE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DOMINANCE; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EUROPE; FORESTS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84899694464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095244     Document Type: Article

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