Toward a definition of the range of variability of central european mixed fagus-abies-picea forests: The nearly steady-state forest of lom (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1871-1884

  Motta, Renzo ^a   Berretti, Roberta ^a   Castagneri, Daniele ^a   Dukić, Vojislav ^b   Garbarino, Matteo ^a   Govedar, Zoran ^b   Lingua, Emanuele ^c   Maunaga, Zoran ^b   Meloni, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BANJA LUKA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES ALBA MILL; AGE STRUCTURES; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CANOPY GAPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CORE AREA; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; DIFFERENT SCALE; DISTURBANCE PATTERNS; EUROPEAN BEECH; EUROPEAN FORESTS; FOREST AREA; FOREST RESERVES; GAP FRACTION; GAP SIZE; INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE; LIMITED DATA; NATURAL DISTURBANCE REGIME; NORWAY SPRUCE; OLD-GROWTH; PERMANENT PLOT; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; SAMPLING POINTS; SILVER FIR; SMALL GROUPS; SMALL SIZE; SMALL-SCALE PROCESS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

DEBRIS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; CANOPY GAP; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; MIXED FOREST; MONTANE FOREST; MORTALITY;

ABIES ALBA; EXTRACTIVES; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTRY; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 80052257758     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-098     Document Type: Article

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