The significance of deadwood for total bryophyte, lichen, and vascular plant diversity in an old-growth spruce forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 215, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1123-1137

  Dittrich, Sebastian ^a   Jacob, Mascha ^a   Bade, Claudia ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a   Hauck, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Deadwood decay; Facilitation; Forest conservation; Norway spruce; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939890948     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-014-0371-6     Document Type: Article

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