Disturbance history of an old-growth sub-alpine Picea abies stand in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-97

  Svoboda, Miroslav ^a   Janda, Pavel ^a   Nagel, Thomas A ^b   Fraver, Shawn ^c   Rejzek, Jan ^a   Bače, Radek ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Dendroecology; Disturbance interactions; Forest dynamics; Norway spruce; Spruce bark beetle; Sumava National Park; Wind disturbance

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CANOPY GAP; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PEST OUTBREAK; RECONSTRUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STAND STRUCTURE; STORM;

BOHEMIAN FOREST; BOHEMIAN MASSIF; CZECH REPUBLIC; SUMAVA NATIONAL PARK;

COLEOPTERA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84855540028     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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