Natural regeneration of Picea abies on small clear-cuts in SE Norway

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 180, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 199-213

  Hanssen, Kjersti Holt ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Microhabitat; Microrelief; Natural regeneration; Norway spruce; Seedbed

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SEED; SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

HUMUS;

VEGETATION;

CLEARCUTTING; HUMUS; REGENERATION; RELIEF; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

(SOUTHEAST); NORWAY;

ABIES; BRYOPHYTA; DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; DICRANUM; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; POLYTRICHUM; POLYTRICHUM COMMUNE; SPHAGNUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 0037931459     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00610-2     Document Type: Article

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