Gap disturbances and regeneration patterns in a Bosnian old-growth forest: A multispectral remote sensing and ground-based approach

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 617-625

  Garbarino, Matteo ^a   Mondino, Enrico Borgogno ^a   Lingua, Emanuele ^b   Nagel, Thomas A ^c   Dukić, Vojislav ^d   Govedar, Zoran ^d   Motta, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BANJA LUKA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Balkan peninsula; Canopy opening; Gap phase; Primeval forest; Remote sensing; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST CANOPY; GAP DYNAMICS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; REMOTE SENSING; SAPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE;

ALPS; BALKANS; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

ABIES; FAGUS; PICEA;

EID: 84865985461     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0177-9     Document Type: Article

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