Relationship between forest canopy and natural regeneration in the subalpine spruce-larch forest (north-east Italy)

Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-12

  Marchi, Alessandro ^a   Paletto, Alessandro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canopy closure; Canopy cover; GRS tube densiometer; Natural regeneration; Spherical densiometer

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA PROCESSING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FLOOR; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; REGENERATION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ITALY;

LARIX; LARIX LYALLII; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77956609577     PISSN: 00716677     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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