Silvicultural alternatives, competition regime and sensitivity to climate in a European beech forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 213-223

  Cescatti, A ^a   Piutti, E ^a  

^a CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition index; Dendroclimatology; Fagus sylvatica; Global change; Growth model; Silvicultural simulation

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 0032559846     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00163-1     Document Type: Article

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