A tree-ring reconstruction of wind disturbances in a forest of the Slovakian Tatra Mountains, Western Carpathians

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-42

  Zielonka, Tomasz ^a   Holeksa, Jan ^a   Fleischer, Peter ^b   Kapusta, Pawezł ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Tatra National Park   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Boundary line release; Dendrochronology; Forest disturbance; Growth release; Larix decidua; Picea abies; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LINE; COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; MIXED FOREST; PALEOBOTANY; RECONSTRUCTION; STORM DAMAGE; STORM SURGE; TREE RING; VULNERABILITY;

CARPATHIANS; SLOVAKIA; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77954955693     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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