The structural dynamics of managed uneven-aged conifer stands in the Italian eastern Alps

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-237

  Grassi, G ^a   Minotta, G ^b   Giannini, R ^c   Bagnaresi, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advance regeneration; Close to nature silviculture; Developmental phase; Structural steady state; Understorey light conditions

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING;

SILVICULTURE; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIGHT; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE;

BELLUNO; CADORE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0345166934     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00217-2     Document Type: Article

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