Quantity and decay stages of coarse woody debris in old-growth subalpine spruce forests of the western Carpathians, Poland

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2614-2622

  Zielonka, Tomasz ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD); SNAGS;

WOOD WASTES;

AGE DETERMINATION; BIODEGRADATION; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEAD WOOD; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST RESOURCE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SNAG; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

CLASSIFICATION; FORESTRY; WOOD WASTE;

BABIA GORA; BESKYDY MOUNTAINS; CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

PICEA;

EID: 33846333855     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-149     Document Type: Article

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