Forest regeneration in northeastern poland following a catastrophic blowdown

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1172-1182

  Dobrowolska, Dorota ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Height growth; Regeneration; Scots pine; Wind disturbance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY;

EASTERN EUROPE; HEIGHT GROWTH; REGENERATION; SCOTS PINE; WIND DISTURBANCE;

REFORESTATION;

AGE; BASAL AREA; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; HEIGHT; NEW SPECIES; POLICY MAKING; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; WINDTHROW;

POLAND;

BRYOPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84944580486     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2014-0507     Document Type: Article

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