Comparison of forest stand structure and management of silver fir-European beech forests in the Central Apennines, Italy and in the Dinaric Mountains, Slovenia

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-123

  Lombardi, F ^a   Klopcic, M ^b   Di Martino, P ^a   Tognetti, R ^a   Chirici, G ^a   Boncina, A ^b   Marchetti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Abies alba Mill.; Apennines; deadwood; Dinaric Mountains; Forest composition; Natura 2000 sites; silver fir European beech forests

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84859597669     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2011.623190     Document Type: Article

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