Legacies of the past in the present-day forest biodiversity: A review of past land-use effects on forest plant species composition and diversity

Sustainability and Diversity of Forest Ecosystems: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 361-371

  Hermy, Martin ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dispersal limitation; Forest cover; Future research; Historical ecology; Recruitment limitation; Research needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900887426     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-73238-9_1     Document Type: Chapter

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