The natural disturbance regime in forests of the Dinaric Mountains: A synthesis of evidence

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 388, Issue , 2017, Pages 29-42

  Nagel, Thomas A ^a   Mikac, Stjepan ^b   Dolinar, Mojca ^c   Klopcic, Matija ^a   Keren, Srdjan ^d,e   Svoboda, Miroslav ^f   Diaci, Jurij ^a   Boncina, Andrej ^a   Paulic, Vinko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BANJA LUKA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^f CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Bark beetle; Fagus sylvatica; Forest dynamics; Mortality; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; LANDFORMS; STORMS;

ABIES ALBA; BARK BEETLE; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; WINDTHROWS;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; LAND USE CHANGE; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST; THUNDERSTORM;

ALPS; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; HEXAPODA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84995595628     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.07.047     Document Type: Article

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