Nutrient status of managed and natural forest fragments of Fagus sylvatica in southern Europe

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3691-3699

  Merino, Agustín ^a   Real, Carlos ^a   Rodríguez Guitián, Manuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fagus sylvatica; Forest floor; Forest management; Forest nutrition; Natural forests; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; NUTRITION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

FOREST FLOOR; FOREST NUTRITION; NATURAL FORESTS; STAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

CONCENTRATING; ECOSYSTEMS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; HEAVY METALS; NUTRITION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 43849102018     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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