Thirty years of gap dynamics in a central European beech forest reserve

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-123

  Kenderes, Kata ^a   Mihók, Barbara ^a   Standovár, Tibor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; GAP DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CERVIDAE; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 41449085697     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpn001     Document Type: Article

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