Historical logging, productivity, and structural characteristics of boreal coniferous forests in Norway

Silva Fennica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 429-442

  Storaunet, Ken Olaf ^a   Rolstad, Jørund ^a   Gjerde, Ivar ^a   Gundersen, Vegard S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Dead trees; Decaying wood; Forest history; Naturalness; Selective logging; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; SITE SELECTION;

BOREAL FOREST; DEAD TREES; DECAYING WOOD; FOREST HISTORY; NATURALNESS; STAND STRUCTURES;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

BIODIVERSITY; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; SELECTIVE CUTTING; SITE SURVEY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 27144483382     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 00375330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.479     Document Type: Article

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