Protective forests and silvicultural stability. An example of planning in the Aosta Valley

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 180-187

  Motta, Renzo ^a   Haudemand, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aosta Valley; Italy; Minimal tending; Mountain forests; Natural disturbances; Protective forests; Silviculture; Stability; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANNING PRACTICE; SILVICULTURE;

ITALY; PIEDMONT; VALLE D'AOSTA;

EID: 0033924444     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2000)020[0180:PFASS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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