Spatial pattern of a pioneer tree seedling bank in old-growth european subalpine spruce forest

Ekologia Bratislava

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-276

  Holeksa, Jan ^a   Zywiec, Magdalena ^a  

^a W SZAFER INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Regeneration; S Poland; Sorbus aucuparia; Spatial pattern; Subalpine spruce forest; W Carpathians

Indexed keywords

OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SEEDLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BABIA GORA NATIONAL PARK; CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WESTERN CARPATHIANS; WORLD;

ATHYRIUM DISTENTIFOLIUM; FILICOPHYTA; PICEA; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 27544487153     PISSN: 1335342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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