Acidification of primeval forests in the Ukraine Carpathians: Vegetation and soil changes over six decades

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1265-1279

  Šebesta, Jan ^a   Šamonil, Pavel ^b   Lacina, Jan ^a   Oulehle, Filip ^c   Houška, Jakub ^a   Buček, Antonín ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

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

^c CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beech; Eastern Carpathians; Primeval forests; Soil acidification; Spruce; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEECH; CARPATHIANS; PRIMEVAL FORESTS; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SPRUCE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SORPTION; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ALTITUDE; CATTLE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; HERB; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DECLINE; SHRUB; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE; SORPTION; SURVEY; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FAGUS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PICEA; PLANTS; SOIL; SORPTION; SURVEYS;

CARPATHIANS; UKRAINE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ATHYRIUM DISTENTIFOLIUM; BOS; CALAMAGROSTIS ARUNDINACEA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; RUBUS IDAEUS; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA; STELLARIA; STELLARIA NEMORUM; TRACHEOPHYTA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 79960598051     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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