Regeneration patterns after intermediate wind disturbance in an old-growth Fagus-Abies forest in southeastern Slovenia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 268-278

  Nagel, Thomas A ^a   Svoboda, Miroslav ^b   Diaci, Jurij ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Blowdown; Canopy gaps; Forest dynamics; Forest structure; Tree regeneration; Windstorm

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; SEED; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

BLOWDOWN; CANOPY GAPS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST STRUCTURE; TREE REGENERATION; WINDSTORM;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; FOREST CANOPY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; STORM;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; SEEDS; WIND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 33645865830     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.01.039     Document Type: Article

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