Forest dynamics and disturbance regimes in the Italian Apennines

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 388, Issue , 2017, Pages 57-66

  Vacchiano, Giorgio ^a   Garbarino, Matteo ^b   Lingua, Emanuele ^c   Motta, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Italy; Land use change; Mediterranean mountains; Natural disturbances; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; LAND USE;

FOREST DYNAMICS; ITALY; LAND-USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAINS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; PALAEOECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST EDGE; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOECOLOGY;

APENNINES; ITALY;

ABIES; FAGUS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 85005993362     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.10.033     Document Type: Article

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