Models of disturbance driven dynamics in the West Carpathian spruce forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 388, Issue , 2017, Pages 79-89

  Holeksa, Jan ^a   Jaloviar, Peter ^b   Kucbel, Stanislav ^b   Saniga, Milan ^b   Svoboda, Miroslav ^c   Szewczyk, Janusz ^d   Szwagrzyk, Jerzy ^d   Zielonka, Tomasz ^e   Żywiec, Magdalena ^f,g  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^e PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Forest disturbance regime; Larix decidua; Picea abies; Regeneration; Sorbus aucuparia; Stand structure; Subalpine forests; Western Carpathians

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION;

FOREST DISTURBANCES; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES; REGENERATION; SORBUS AUCUPARIA; STAND STRUCTURES; SUBALPINE FORESTS; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; BARK; BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; PARASITE INFESTATION; REGENERATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

FORESTS; PICEA ABIES; REFORESTATION;

CARPATHIANS; NORWAY; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; SLOVAKIA; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SCOLYTINAE; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 85008643978     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.08.026     Document Type: Article

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