Long-term forest utilization can decrease forest floor microhabitat diversity: Evidence from boreal Fennoscandia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-309

  Kuuluvainen, Timo ^a   Laiho, Raija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECAY (ORGANIC); PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL TESTING; VEGETATION;

FLOOR MICROHABITAT; FOREST FLOORS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MICROHABITAT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ANTIDESMA PULVINATUM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 2342561095     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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