Plant β-diversity in human-altered forest ecosystems: the importance of the structural, spatial, and topographical characteristics of stands in patterning plant species assemblages

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1057-1072

  Kouba, Yacine ^a   Martínez García, Felipe ^b   de Frutos, Ángel ^a   Alados, Concepción L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community assembly; Compositional dissimilarity; Forest structure; Secondary forests; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS FAGINEA;

EID: 84930821289     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: 16124677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-014-0822-6     Document Type: Article

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