The biodiversity values of European virgin forests

Forest Snow and Landscape Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 91-100

  Duelli, Peter ^a   Chumak, Vasyl ^b   Obrist, Martin K ^a   Wirz, Peter ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UZHGOROD NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Evaluation; Values; Virgin forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; UKRAINE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; FUNGI; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 22044448064     PISSN: 14245108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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