Long-term trends in vegetation changes of managed versus unmanaged Eastern Carpathian beech forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1333-1344

  Durak, Tomasz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Beech forests; East Carpathians; Homogenization; Regional Changes; Species groups; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BEECH FOREST; CARPATHIANS; HOMOGENIZATION; REGIONAL CHANGES; SPECIES GROUPS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIOSPHERICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PARKS; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIELD SURVEY; FLORISTICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENERALIST; HOMOGENEITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FAGUS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HOMOGENIZATION; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SURVEYING;

BIESZCZADY NATIONAL PARK; CARPATHIANS; PODKARPACKIE; POLAND;

FAGUS;

EID: 77956443846     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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