Western Carpathian mountain spruce forest after a windthrow: Natural regeneration in cleared and uncleared areas

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1127-1134

  Jonasova M ^a   Vavrova E ^a   Cudlin P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carpathian spruce forest; Disturbances; Natural regeneration; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

CLOSED CANOPIES; DENSE VEGETATION; FOREST REGENERATION; FOREST RESTORATION; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; MOUNTAIN SPRUCE FORESTS; NATIONAL PARKS; NATURAL REGENERATION; PIONEER SPECIES; PROTECTED AREAS; SEED SOURCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SLOVAKIA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPRUCE FOREST; SPRUCE SEEDLINGS; TREE EXTRACTION; WINDTHROWN; WINDTHROWS;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; LANDFORMS; PARKS; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; MONTANE FOREST; NATIONAL PARK; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WINDTHROW;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; PICEA; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION;

SLOVAKIA; TATRAS NATIONAL PARK;

LARIX; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; SALIX;

EID: 75349091534     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.12.027     Document Type: Article

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