Gap recruitment and partitioning in an old-growth beech forest of the Dinaric Mountains: Influences of light regime, herb competition and browsing

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 285, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-28

  Diaci, Jurij ^a   Adamic, Tomaz ^a   Rozman, Andrej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acer pseudoplatanus; Allium ursinum; Fagus sylvatica; Light climate; Natural regeneration; Old growth forest

Indexed keywords

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; ALLIUM URSINUM; FAGUS SYLVATICA; LIGHT CLIMATE; NATURAL REGENERATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

SLOW LIGHT; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

BROWSING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERB; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SILVICULTURE;

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; CLIMATES; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SILVICULTURE;

ALPS; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM URSINUM; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84865727784     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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