Structural diversity of abandoned chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) dominated forests: Implications for forest management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 291, Issue , 2013, Pages 326-335

  Zlatanov, Tzvetan ^a   Schleppi, Patrick ^b   Velichkov, Ivaylo ^a   Hinkov, Georgi ^a   Georgieva, Margarita ^a   Eggertsson, Olafur ^c   Zlatanova, Magdalena ^a   Vacik, Harald ^d  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c Icelandic Forest Research   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Castanea sativa; Cryphonectria parasitica; Forest succession; Regeneration potential; Structural diversity; Tree crown defoliation

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA SATIVA; CRYPHONECTRIA; FOREST SUCCESSION; REGENERATION POTENTIAL; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; TREE CROWNS;

FRUITS;

REFORESTATION;

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

DEFOLIATION; FRUITS; REFORESTATION; TREES;

BELASITSA; BULGARIA;

CASTANEA SATIVA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 84871906949     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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