Stand dynamics of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)-European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests during the past century: A decline of silver fir?

Forestry

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-271

  Klopcic, Matija ^a   Boncina, Andrej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEIGHT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79959722980     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpr011     Document Type: Article

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