Stand and coarse woody debris dynamics in subalpine Norway spruce forests withdrawn from regular management

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Motta, Renzo ^a   Berretti, Roberta ^a   Castagneri, Daniele ^a   Lingua, Emanuele ^b   Nola, Paola ^c   Vacchiano, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age structure; Coarse woody debris (CWD); Competition; Old growth; Stand density index (SDI)

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MATURATION; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; THINNING; VOLUME;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 80051687633     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2010040     Document Type: Article

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