Human impact on size, age, and spatial structure in a mixed European larch and Swiss stone pine forest in the Western Italian Alps

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1809-1820

  Motta, Renzo ^a   Lingua, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LARCH TREES; SPATIAL STRUCTURES; SPATIOTEMPORAL DEVELOPMENTS;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE;

CORRELATION; FORESTRY; GIS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS CEMBROIDES;

EID: 29844436638     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-107     Document Type: Article

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