Regeneration dynamics in aging black pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) plantations on the south slopes of the Middle Balkan Range in Bulgaria

New Forests

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-303

  Zlatanov, Tzvetan ^a   Velichkov, Ivaylo ^a   Lexer, Manfred J ^b   Dubravac, Tomislav ^c  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c CROATIAN FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Conversion; Pinus nigra; Plantations; Regeneration dynamics; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION; PINUS NIGRA; PLANTATIONS; REGENERATION DYNAMICS; SILVICULTURE;

DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

REFORESTATION;

AGING; BASAL AREA; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OVERSTORY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILVICULTURE; SOIL DEPTH; THINNING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

BALKAN MOUNTAINS; BULGARIA;

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 77957773066     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-010-9200-5     Document Type: Article

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