Climate change impacts on key forest functions of the Vienna Woods

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 481-496

  Pötzelsberger, Elisabeth ^a   Wolfslehner, Bernhard ^a,b   Hasenauer, Hubert ^a  

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

^b European Forest Institute Central East European Regional Office (EFICEEC)   (Austria)

Author keywords

Beech forests; Climate change; Forest functions; Vienna Woods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939944267     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-015-0866-2     Document Type: Article

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