The effects of cutting regimes on natural regeneration in submountain beech forests: Species diversity and abundance

Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 533-544

  Barna, M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Ústav Ekólogie Lesa Slovenskej Akadémie Vied   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Clear cutting; Fagus sylvatica L.; Regeneration development; Shelterwood cutting; Stand density

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SOILS;

DIFFERENT DENSITIES; FAGUS SYLVATICA L; NATURAL REGENERATION; REGENERATION DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; STAND DENSITIES; SUBMOUNTAIN BEECH FOREST; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

REFORESTATION;

ABUNDANCE; CLEARCUTTING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWING SEASON; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

CUTTING; DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; SAFETY; SEEDLINGS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 57549106779     PISSN: 12124834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/42/2008-jfs     Document Type: Article

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