Stand history and its consequences for the present and future dynamic in two silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) stands in the high Pesio Valley (Piedmont, Italy)

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-370

  Motta, Renzo ^a   Garbarino, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abies alba Mill.; Alps; Dendroecology; Forest dynamic; Stand history

Indexed keywords

DENDROECOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION;

ITALY; PESIO VALLEY; PIEDMONT;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 0042701464     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2003027     Document Type: Article

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