Canopy gaps in an old-growth fir-beech forest remnant of Western Carpathians

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-259

  Kucbel, Stanislav ^a   Jaloviar, Peter ^a   Saniga, Milan ^a   Vencurik, Jaroslav ^a   Klimaš, Vladimír ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Canopy gaps; Disturbance regime; Fagus sylvatica; Old growth

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY GAP; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

CARPATHIANS; SLOVAKIA; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 77952319912     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-009-0322-2     Document Type: Article

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