Characteristics of coarse woody debris in successional stages of natural beech (Fagus orientalis) forests of Northern Iran

Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-17

  Sefidi, K ^a   Marvie Mohadjer, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Fagus orientalis lipsky, forest succession; Natural beech forest; Northern iran

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DECAY (ORGANIC);

BEECH FOREST; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FAGUS ORIENTALIS LIPSKY; FOREST SUCCESSION; FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; NORTHERN IRAN; SECONDARY FOREST SUCCESSION;

FORESTRY;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION;

CARPINUS BETULUS; DECAY; FAGUS ORIENTALIS; FORESTRY; IRAN; LOGS; WOOD;

IRAN;

CARPINUS BETULUS; FAGUS; FAGUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 76749086996     PISSN: 12124834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/113/2008-jfs     Document Type: Article

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