Gap regeneration and replacement patterns in an old-growth Fagus-Abies forest of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Plant Ecology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-318

  Nagel, Thomas A ^a   Svoboda, Miroslav ^b   Rugani, Tihomir ^a   Diaci, Jurij ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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

Author keywords

Abies alba; Canopy gap; Disturbance; Fagus sylvatica; Gap size; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEEDLING; TOLERANCE;

ALPS; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 77951975708     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9707-z     Document Type: Article

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