Above-ground biomass and structure of pristine Siberian Scots pine forests as controlled by competition and fire

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-80

  Wirth, C ^a   Schulze, E D ^a,b   Von Stunzner Karbe D ^a   Ziegler, W ^c   Miljukova, I M ^d   Sogatchev, A ^d   Varlagin, A B ^d   Panvyorov, M ^d   Grigoriev, S ^d   Kusnetzova, W ^d   Siry, M ^a   Hardes, G ^a   Zimmermann, R ^e   Vygodskaya, N N ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Comenius University ^*  (Slovakia)

^d SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Forest fire; Pinus sylvestris; Self thinning; Siberia

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COMPETITION; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VACCINIUM;

EID: 0032694657     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050908     Document Type: Article

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