Habitat qualities versus long-term continuity as determinants of biodiversity in boreal old-growth swamp forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-231

  Ohlson, Mikael ^a   Söderström, Lars ^b   Hörnberg, Greger ^c   Zackrisson, Olle ^c   Hermansson, Janolof ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Unit for Physical Planning   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Forest conservation; Indicator species; Lichens; Sweden; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FUNGI; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONTINUITY; FLORA; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SWAMP FOREST;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030726566     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00001-3     Document Type: Article

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