Effects of timber harvest on structural diversity and species composition in hardwood forests

Biodiversitas

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Tavankar, Farzam ^a   Bonyad, Amir Eslam ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beech stands; Shannon Wiener index; Stand structure; Uneven aged management

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER CAPPADOCICUM; ALNUS SUBCORDATA; FAGUS; FAGUS ORIENTALIS; FRAXINUS; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TILIA; ULMUS GLABRA; ZELKOVA;

EID: 84921944859     PISSN: 1412033X     EISSN: 20854722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d160101     Document Type: Article

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