Structure and diversity of a natural temperate sessile oak (Quercus petraea L.) - European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 280, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-149

  Petritan, Any Mary ^a   Biris, Iovu Adrian ^a   Merce, Oliver ^a   Turcu, Daniel Ond ^a   Petritan, Ion Catalin ^a,b  

^a Institutul de Cercetari si Amenajari Silvice Romania   (Romania)

^b TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

Author keywords

Deadwood; Diversity pattern; Mixed sessile oak beech forest; Natural forest; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

DEADWOOD; DIVERSITY PATTERN; MIXED SESSILE OAK-BEECH FOREST; NATURAL FORESTS; STAND STRUCTURES;

ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; MIXED FOREST; SAPLING; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

DEAD WOOD; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; STRUCTURES;

ROMANIA;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 84863503058     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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