Species diversity, biomass accumulation and carbon sequestration in the understorey of post-agricultural scots pine forests

Silva Fennica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Woziwoda, Beata ^a   Parzych, Agnieszka ^b   Kopeć, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY IN S UPSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biotic homogenization; Leucobryo Pinetum community; Overstorey understorey interaction; Pinus sylvestris plantation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; BIOTIC HOMOGENIZATIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LEUCOBRYO-PINETUM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SCOTS PINE FOREST; UNDERSTOREY;

BIODIVERSITY;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84908354609     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 22424075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.1119     Document Type: Article

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