Long-term persistence of aspen - A key host for many threatened species - Is endangered in old-growth conservation areas in Finland

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-52

  Kouki, Jari ^a   Arnold, Kerstin ^a   Martikainen, Petri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Fennoscandia; Forest succession; Moose Alces alces; Populus tremula; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PROTECTED AREA; SUCCESSION; TREE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ALCES ALCES; MAMMALIA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 3342893908     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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