Rich deciduous forests in Bialowieza as a dynamic mosaic of developmental phases: Premises for nature conservation and restoration management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 159-175

  Bobiec, Andrzej ^a   Van Der Burgt, Haico ^b   Meijer, Kim ^b   Zuyderduyn, Casper ^b   Haga, Jos ^b   Vlaanderen, Bastiaan ^b  

^a 17 230 ^*  (Poland)

^b MBCS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Forest management; Nature conservation; Silvatic mosaic; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POLAND; REGENERATION;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT MOSAIC; NATURE CONSERVATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

POLAND;

EID: 0034193630     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00181-4     Document Type: Article

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