Environmental drivers of the composition and diversity of the herb layer in mixed temperate forests in Hungary

Plant Ecology

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 549-563

  Márialigeti, Sára ^a   Tinya, Flóra ^b   Bidló, András ^c   Ódor, Péter ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Light; Microclimate; Soil conditions; Stand structure; Understory; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROCLIMATE; MIXED FOREST; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL TEXTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY; VASCULAR PLANT;

HUNGARY;

BRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84963737382     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-016-0599-4     Document Type: Article

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