Changes of forest cover and disturbance regimes in the mountain forests of the Alps

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 388, Issue , 2017, Pages 43-56

  Bebi, P ^a   Seidl, R ^b   Motta, R ^c   Fuhr, M ^d   Firm, D ^e   Krumm, F ^f   Conedera, M ^g   Ginzler, C ^g   Wohlgemuth, T ^g   Kulakowski, D ^a,h  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^f European Forest Institute   (Germany)

^g SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^h CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance interactions; European Alps; Forest fire; Land use history; Secondary succession; Snow avalanches; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SNOW;

EUROPEAN ALPS; FOREST FIRES; LAND USE HISTORY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SNOW AVALANCHE; WINDTHROWS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE; FOREST INVENTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SNOW AVALANCHE; STAND STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; WINDTHROW;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84994103523     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.10.028     Document Type: Article

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