Forest regeneration dynamics following bark beetle outbreak in Norway spruce stands: Influence of meso-relief, forest edge distance and deer browsing

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 353, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-207

  Rozman, Andrej ^a   Diaci, Jurij ^a   Krese, Anze ^a   Fidej, Gal ^a   Rozenbergar, Dusan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Disturbance interaction; Fence; Norway spruce; Overbrowsing; Successional development

Indexed keywords

FENCES; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; SEED; VEGETATION;

BARK BEETLE; DISTURBANCE INTERACTION; NORWAY SPRUCE; OVERBROWSING; SUCCESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BROWSING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; FOREST EDGE; FOREST INVENTORY; MONOCULTURE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PEST DAMAGE; REGENERATION; SALVAGING; STAND DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION; TRANSFORMATION; UNGULATE;

SLOVENIA;

CERVIDAE; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SCOLYTINAE; TRACHEOPHYTA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84937970569     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.04.028     Document Type: Article

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