Silvicultural interpretation of natural vegetation dynamics in ageing Scots pine stands for their conversion into mixed broadleaved stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 363-370

  Kint, V ^a   Geudens, G ^b   Mohren, G M J ^c   Lust, N ^b  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conversion; Multiple pathway model; Natural vegetation dynamics; Scots pine; Silvicultural strategies

Indexed keywords

SOILS;

MULTIPLE PATHWAY MODEL; NATURAL VEGETATION DYNAMICS; SILVICULTURAL STRATEGIES;

VEGETATION;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; MIXED FOREST; SILVICULTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CONVERSION; FORESTS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; SILVICULTURE; SOIL;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 32344449776     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.11.018     Document Type: Article

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