Long-term variability of Abies alba in NW Romania: Implications for its conservation management

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1004-1017

  Feurdean, Angelica ^a   Willis, Katherine J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Central Eastern Europe; Climate variability; Distribution; Human disturbance; Management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

APUSENI NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CARPINUS; FAGUS; MALVACEAE; PICEA; QUERCUS; TILIA; ULMUS;

EID: 54049128884     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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