Site and stand effects on coarse woody debris in montane mixed forests of Eastern Italian Alps

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1592-1598

  Castagneri, Daniele ^a   Garbarino, Matteo ^a   Berretti, Roberta ^a   Motta, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Deadwood; Human impact; Mixed forest; Montane forest; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPS; DEADWOOD; HUMAN IMPACT; MIXED FOREST; MONTANE FOREST; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISTURBANCE; ELEVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST; MONTANE FOREST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SITE EFFECT; STAND DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEAD WOOD; ECOSYSTEMS; FIBER DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 77957002290     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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