Norway spruce regeneration on decaying logs in subalpine forests in the Tatra National Park

Polish Botanical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 251-260

  Zielonka, Tomasz ^a   Pia̧tek, Grzegorz ^b  

^a W SZAFER INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carpathians; Coarse woody debris (CWD); Cross dating; Decomposition rate; Nurse log; Old growth forest; Picea abies; Poland; Regeneration pattern; Subalpine spruce forest

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; REGENERATION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

POLAND;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0035787858     PISSN: 16418190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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