Disturbance events in a mixed spruce - larch forest in the tatra mts., western carpathians - a tentative reconstruction

Baltic Forestry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-167

  Zielonka, Tomasz ^a   Holeksa, Jan ^a   Malcher, Piotr ^b  

^a W SZAFER INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Disturbance; Larix decidua; Picea abies; Release signal; Tatra mts

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149124229     PISSN: 13921355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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