Distance to seed sources and land-use history affect forest development over a long-termheathland to forest succession

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1493-1503

  Kepfer Rojas, S ^a   Schmidt, I K ^a   Ransijn, J ^a   Riis Nielsen, T ^a   Verheyen, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community structure; Dispersal; N rholm; Species richness; Spontaneous succession; Unmanaged

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FOREST COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; SEED BANK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

DENMARK;

EID: 84925350606     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12203     Document Type: Article

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