Old-growth forest reserves in slovenia: The past, present, and future Old-growth forest reserves in slovenia: The past, present, and future

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 240-246

  Nagel, Thomas A ^a   Diaci, Jurij ^a   Rozenbergar, Dusan ^a   Rugani, Tihomir ^a   Firm, Dejan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Balkan; Central Europe; Old growth forest; Primeval forest; Virgin forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867773695     PISSN: 00367818     EISSN: 22351469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3188/szf.2012.0240     Document Type: Article

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