Tree seedlings: How do they establish in spontaneously developed forests? A study from a mountainous area in the Czech Republic

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1671-1684

  Dostalova, Alena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Secondary forests; Spontaneously developed forests; Succession; Tree regeneration; Tree seedlings

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SEEDLING; SUCCESSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACER; PICEA;

EID: 67349087541     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9549-3     Document Type: Article

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