Wind-induced successional changes in pristine boreal Picea abies forest stands: Evidence from long-term permanent plot records

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-359

  Shorohova, Ekaterina ^a,c   Fedorchuk, Victor ^b   Kuznetsova, Maria ^b   Shvedova, Oksana ^a  

^a SAINT PETERSBURG STATE FOREST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Saint Petersburg Forestry Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c NONE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; SUCCESSION; WINDTHROW;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 49749083832     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpn030     Document Type: Article

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