Understorey light conditions and regeneration with respect to the structural dynamics of a near-natural temperate deciduous forest in Denmark

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 83-95

  Emborg, Jens ^a  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climax vegetation; Fagus sylvatica; Forest cycle; Fraxinus excelsior; Gap dynamics; Mosaic cycle; Nature based silviculture; Succession

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LIGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIMAX VEGETATION; DENMARK; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST CYCLE; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; GAP DYNAMICS; MOSAIC CYCLE; NATURAL BASED SILVICULTURE; SUCCESSION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; LIGHT CONDITIONS; REGENERATION;

DENMARK; SUSERUP SKOV;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; ULMUS; ULMUS GLABRA;

EID: 0032572513     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00299-5     Document Type: Article

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