Natural regeneration in Central-European subalpine spruce forests: Which logs are suitable for seedling recruitment?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 266, Issue , 2012, Pages 254-262

  Bače, Radek ^a   Svoboda, Miroslav ^a   Pouska, Václav ^b   Janda, Pavel ^a   Červenka, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Fungi; Natural regeneration; Picea abies; Saplings; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

DEAD WOOD; NATURAL REGENERATION; PICEA ABIES; SAPLINGS; SEEDLINGS;

DECAY (ORGANIC); FUNGI;

REFORESTATION;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEAD WOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEED; SEEDLING;

DEAD WOOD; DECAY; FUNGI; NATURAL REFORESTATION; PICEA ABIES; REFORESTATION; SAPLINGS; SEEDLINGS;

BOHEMIAN FOREST; BOHEMIAN MASSIF; CZECH REPUBLIC;

ABIES; ARMILLARIA; COLEOPTERA; CORIOLACEAE; FOMITOPSIS PINICOLA; FUNGI; PHELLOPILUS NIGROLIMITATUS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 83455238372     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.025     Document Type: Article

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