Gap-phase dynamics in the old-growth forest of Lom, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Silva Fennica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 875-887

  Bottero, Alessandra ^a   Garbarino, Matteo ^a   Dukić, Vojislav ^b   Govedar, Zoran ^b   Lingua, Emanuele ^c   Nagel, Thomas A ^d   Motta, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BANJA LUKA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Beech spruce fir; Canopy gaps; Disturbance regime; Lom; Old growth forest; Small scale

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CANOPY GAPS; DISTURBANCE REGIME; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SMALL SCALE; SPRUCE-FIR;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; GAP DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SENESCENCE;

ABIES; ECOLOGY; FAGUS; FORESTRY; PICEA;

ALPS; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

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

EID: 84856606456     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.76     Document Type: Article

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