Tree mortality after prescribed burning in an old-growth Scots pine forest in northern Sweden

Silva Fennica

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-349

  Linder, Per ^a   Jonsson, Peter ^a   Niklasson, Mats ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Dead trees; Forest fire; Forest management; Nature conservation; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

SWEDEN;

ABIES; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0032459005     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.675     Document Type: Article

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