Coarse woody debris in mid-aged stands: Abandoned agricultural versus long-term forest land

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1502-1506

  Lõhmus, Asko ^a   Lõhmus, Piret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEBRIS; FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD); DECIDUOUS FORESTS; FOREST AREAS; WOOD VOLUME;

WOOD;

ABANDONED LAND; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONSERVATION STATUS; REFORESTATION;

AGRICULTURE; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTRY; THUJA; WOOD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24944442393     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-047     Document Type: Article

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