Natural regeneration and vegetation changes in wet spruce forests after natural and artificial disturbances

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1907-1914

  Jonášová, Magda ^a   Matějková, Ivona ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SANITATION;

ATTACKED TREES; BARK BEETLE; ŠUMAVA MOUNTAINS;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; LOGGING (TIMBER); PEST OUTBREAK; REGENERATION;

INSECTS; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS; SANITATION;

BOHEMIAN FOREST; BOHEMIAN MASSIF; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA; IPS TYPOGRAPHUS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 38149005410     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-062     Document Type: Article

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