Stand structure and dynamics in a mixed and multilayered forest in the Upper Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-36

  Motta, R ^a   Edouard, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; MULTILAYERS;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; SPATIAL STRUCTURES;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND USE; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MULTILAYERS; SILVICULTURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUSA VALLEY; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS MUGO; PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 19744370780     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-153     Document Type: Article

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