Tree mortality episodes in the intact Picea abies-dominated taiga in the Arkhangelsk region of northern European Russia

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 322-333

  Aakala, Tuomas ^a   Kuuluvainen, Timo ^a   Wallenius, Tuomo ^b   Kauhanen, Heikki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abiotic disturbances; Bark beetle; Dendroecology; Disturbance dynamics; Forest dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; DIAMETER; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARKHANGELSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

COLEOPTERA; IPS TYPOGRAPHUS; PICEA ABIES; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 79952190874     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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