Sorbus aucuparia regeneration in a coarse-grained spruce forest - a landscape scale

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 735-743

  Zywiec, Magdalena ^a   Holeksa, Jan ^a   Wesolowska, Malgorzata ^b   Szewczyk, Janusz ^c   Zwijacz Kozica, Tomasz ^d   Kapusta, Pawel ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b The Podhale State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Targ   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^d Tatra National Park   (Poland)

Author keywords

Broad leaved trees; Dispersal distance; Fleshy fruited trees; Seedling and sapling bank; Stand mosaics; Sub alpine spruce forest

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND DYNAMICS;

CARPATHIANS; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

CONIFERALES; PICEA; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 84880319158     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01493.x     Document Type: Article

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