Coarse woody debris and stand characteristics in mature managed and old-growth boreal mesic forests in southern Finland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-225

  Siitonen, Juha ^a   Martikainen, Petri ^b   Punttila, Pekka ^c   Rauh, Josef ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decaying wood; Ecosystem management; Forest management; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; STAND STRUCTURE;

FINLAND;

ABIES; GYMNOSPERMAE; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0034175532     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00148-6     Document Type: Article

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