Comparison of structure, regeneration and dead wood in virgin forest remnant and managed forest on Grmeč Mountain in Western Bosnia

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 913-922

  Višnjić, Ć ^a   Solakovic S ^b   Mekic F ^a   Balic B ^a   Vojnikovic S ^a   Dautbasic M ^a   Gurda, S ^a   Ioras, F ^c   Ratnasingam, J ^d   Abrudan, I V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b Bosanska Krupa ^*  (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Putra   (Malaysia)

^e TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

Author keywords

Dead wood; growing stock; managed forest; structure; virgin forest; Western Bosnia

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS;

EID: 84890802372     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2012.751064     Document Type: Article

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