The development and local stand-scale dynamics of a Picea abies forest in southeastern Norway

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1073-1082

  Bjune, A E ^a   Ohlson, M ^b   Birks, H J B ^a,c   Bradshaw, R H W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire; Forest; Human impact; Palynolgical richness; Picea abies; Stand scale pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DOMINANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; PALYNOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BETULA; CORYLUS; FAGUS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; FUNGI; MALVACEAE; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; TILIA CORDATA; ULMUS;

EID: 70350724820     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609341004     Document Type: Article

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