A giant tree stand in the West Carpathians-An exception or a relic of formerly widespread mountain European forests?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1577-1585

  Holeksa, Jan ^a   Saniga, Milan ^b   Szwagrzyk, Jerzy ^c   Czerniak, Magdalena ^c   Staszyńska, Katarzyna ^c   Kapusta, Paweł ^a  

^a W SZAFER INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Poland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acer pseudoplatanus; Fagus sylvatica; Fraxinus excelsior; Hron okovsk gr reserve; Old growth forest; Slovakia; Tree height; Western Carpathians

Indexed keywords

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SLOVAKIA; TREE HEIGHT; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

LANDFORMS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SOIL QUALITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; LAND USE; TREES;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; ULMUS; ULMUS GLABRA;

EID: 61449179078     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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