Structural diversity of English yew (Taxus baccata L.) populations

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-198

  Ruprecht, Herwig ^a   Dhar, Amalesh ^a   Aigner, Bernhard ^a   Oitzinger, Gerald ^b   Klumpp, Raphael ^a   Vacik, Harald ^a  

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

^b Osterreichische Bundesforste AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diameter differentiation; English yew; Height differentiation; Neighbourhood analysis; Tree tree distance; Vitality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EUROPE;

TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 77957819651     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-009-0312-4     Document Type: Article

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