Human-induced alteration of two boreal forest landscapes in central Norway, and some possible consequences for avian fauna

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-170

  Thingstad, Per Gustav ^a   Skjeggedal, Terje ^b   Markhus, Guri ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Department of Information Technology   (Norway)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birds; Boreal forest; Fragmentation; GIS; Landscape ecology theories; Management

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BOREAL FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

LIERNE; NORWAY;

AVES;

EID: 0242678385     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1617-1381-00048     Document Type: Article

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