Age structure and disturbance dynamics of the relic virgin beech forest Uholka (Ukrainian Carpathians)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 265, Issue , 2012, Pages 181-190

  Trotsiuk, Volodymyr ^a,b   Hobi, Martina L ^b,c   Commarmot, Brigitte ^b  

^a IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV   (Ukraine)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carpathian Biosphere Reserve; Dendroecology; Disturbance history; Fagus sylvatica; Growth release; Primeval forest

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE RESERVE; DENDROECOLOGY; FAGUS SYLVATICA; GROWTH RELEASE; PRIMEVAL FORESTS;

DYNAMICS; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL);

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; RELICT SPECIES; TREE RING;

CONSTRUCTION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; GROWTH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; RESERVES; UKRAINIAN;

CARPATHIAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE; CARPATHIANS; UKRAINE; ZAKARPATSKAJA;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 82055185572     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.042     Document Type: Article

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