Spatial and volume patterns of an unmanaged submontane mixed forest in Central Europe: 160 years of spontaneous dynamics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 873-885

  Šebková, Barbora ^a,b   Šamonil, Pavel ^a   Janík, David ^a   Adam, Dušan ^a   Král, Kamil ^a   Vrška, Tomáš ^a   Hort, Libor ^a   Unar, Pavel ^a  

^a SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abies alba Mill.; Fagus sylvatica L.; Living and dead wood; Picea abies L. (Karst.); Primeval forest dynamics; Volume and spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ABIES ALBA MILL; DEAD WOOD; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES; PRIMEVAL FORESTS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FORESTRY; SURVEYS; WOOD;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DATA SET; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; DENDROECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE EVENT; MIXED FOREST; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VOLUME;

EXTRACTIVES; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS; SURVEYS; WOOD;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 79958770706     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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