Beech regeneration research: From ecological to silvicultural aspects

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2172-2182

  Wagner, Sven ^a   Collet, Catherine ^b   Madsen, Palle ^c   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^d   Nyland, Ralph D ^e   Sagheb Talebi, Khosro ^f  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c Forest and Landscape Denmark   (Denmark)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fagus; Life cycle; Model genus; Regeneration measures

Indexed keywords

BEECH FOREST; CANOPY GAPS; CUTTING REGIMES; DWARF BAMBOO; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; EFFECTIVE DISTANCE; EXTREME WEATHER; F. ORIENTALIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HIGH QUALITY; LIFE CYCLE MODEL; LONG DISTANCES; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; MIXED-SPECIES STANDS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE REGIME; NATURAL FORESTS; POLLEN DISPERSAL; SEED DISPERSAL; SILVICULTURAL MEASURE; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES; SITE-SPECIFIC; TIMBER PRODUCTION; TREE REGENERATION;

BAMBOO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CUTTING; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; RESEARCH; SEED;

REFORESTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SILVICULTURE;

BAMBOO; CUTTING; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FAGUS; LIFE CYCLE; REFORESTATION; RESEARCH; SEEDS;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FAGUS ORIENTALIS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 77950877199     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.02.029     Document Type: Article

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