Targets for maintenance of dead wood for biodiversity conservation based on extinction thresholds

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-208

  Ranius, Thomas ^a   Fahrig, Lenore ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beetles; Ecological thresholds; Occurrence patterns; Saproxylic; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL THRESHOLDS; OCCURRENCE PATTERNS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; WOOD;

EID: 33745308229     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580600688269     Document Type: Article

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