Analysis and modelling of tree succession on a recent rockslide deposit

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-46

  van der Burght, Liesbet ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b   Bigler, Christof ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Dendroecology; Ecesis; Larix decidua; Picea abies; Primary succession; Regeneration; Rockslide

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; RECOLONIZATION; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCKFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

BETULA PENDULA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 83855163497     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-0004-2     Document Type: Article

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