Natural disturbance dynamics in an old-growth forest: From tree to landscape

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 365-370

  Lingua, Emanuele ^a   Garbarino, Matteo ^b   Mondino, Enrico Borgogno ^b   Motta, Renzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest structure; Gaps; Natural disturbances; Old growth forest; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; REFORESTATION;

FOREST STRUCTURE; GAPS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; FAGUS; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84857431925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.07.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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