Impacts of retention felling on coarse woody debris (CWD) in mature boreal spruce forests in Finland

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1541-1554

  Hautala, Harri ^a,b   Jalonen, Jyrki ^a,c   Laaka Lindberg, Sanna ^b   Vanha Majamaa, Ilkka ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Div of Rsrc Mgmt and Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Disturbance; Forest management; Green tree retention; Paludified forest; Scarification

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; SCARIFICATION; WOODY DEBRIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 1942488382     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000021327.43783.a9     Document Type: Article

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