Changes in diversity of the mountain beech forest herb layer as a function of the forest management method

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 276, Issue , 2012, Pages 154-164

  Durak, Tomasz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acer pseudoplatanus; Beech forests; Biosphere reserve; Diversity; Long term changes; Species groups

Indexed keywords

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; BEECH FOREST; BIOSPHERE RESERVE; DIVERSITY; LONG-TERM CHANGES; SPECIES GROUPS;

LAND USE; SOLIDS; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; CLEARCUTTING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; NATURE RESERVE; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; BIODIVERSITY; FAGUS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBS; LAND USE; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SOLIDS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CARPATHIANS; EASTERN CARPATHIANS;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS;

EID: 84861422794     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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