Deciduous forest communities in the Black Sea coastal Strandzha region: Temporal and spatial characteristics of leaf area index and density

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-243

  Gaydarova, Plamena Nikolova ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b NONE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

LAI 2000; Leaf area density distributions; Leaf area index; Oak; Quercus frainetto

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS;

LEAVES; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

FAGUS; FAGUS ORIENTALIS; POLYCARPA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS FRAINETTO; QUERCUS POLYCARPA;

EID: 0038043287     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-002-0229-8     Document Type: Article

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