Development of alder carr after the abandonment of wet grasslands during the last 70 years

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 712-712

  Douda, Jan ^a   Čejková, Alžběta ^b   Douda, Karel ^c   Kochánková, Jana ^a,d  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b University of eské Budèjovice   (Czech Republic)

^c T G MASARYK WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aerial photograph; Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.; Dendrochronology; Land abandonment; Secondary succession; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIEBACK; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST COVER; GRASSLAND; RECONSTRUCTION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; STAND DYNAMICS; WATER TABLE; WATERLOGGING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA;

EID: 70449584989     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009065     Document Type: Article

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