Assessing the Sensitivity of Mountain Forests to Site Degradation in the Northern Limestone Alps, Europe
Because of some land-use practices (such as overstocking with wild ungulates, historical clear-cuts for mining, and locally persisting forest pasture), protective forests in the montane vegetation belt of the Northern Limestone Alps are now frequently overaged and poorly structured over large areas....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Mountain Society
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Mountain Research and Development |
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| Online Access: | http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-14-00094.1 |