Biodiversity, disturbances, ecosystem function and management of european forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-50

  Bengtsson, Jan ^a   Nilsson, Sven G ^b   Franc, Alain ^c   Menozzi, Paolo ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disturbances; Ecosystem function; European forests; Forest management; Grazers; Megaherbivores; Natural forest dynamics; Renewal cycle; Stability and insurance hypothesis; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034659310     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00378-9     Document Type: Article

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