Dead wood in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest reserves

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 267-282

  Christensen, Morten ^a   Hahn, Katrine ^a   Mountford, Edward P ^b   Ódor, Péter ^c   Standovár, Tibor ^c   Rozenbergar, Dusan ^d   Diaci, Jurij ^d   Wijdeven, Sander ^e   Meyer, Peter ^f   Winter, Susanne ^g   Vrska, Tomas ^h  

^a Forest and Landscape Denmark   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Niedersachsische Forstliche V   (Germany)

^g Fachhochschule Eberswalde   (Germany)

^h Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coarse woody debris; CWD; Fagus sylvatica L.; Indicator; Nature based forest management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS; WOOD;

BEECH FOREST RESERVES; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; LIVING WOOD; WINDSTORMS;

FORESTRY;

DEAD WOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; DEAD WOOD; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTS; WIND;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 20844463875     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.02.032     Document Type: Article

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