Decay dynamic of coarse and fine woody debris of a beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest in Central Germany

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-296

  Muller Using S ^a   Bartsch, N ^b  

^a Instituto Forestal   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Deadwood; Decomposition; Forest dynamics; Wood density

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DIAMETER; DRY DENSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLUME;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 64749109405     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-009-0264-8     Document Type: Article

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