Eighteen years of tree mortality and structural change in an experimentally fragmented Norway spruce forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 242, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 306-313

  Jönsson, Mari T ^a   Fraver, Shawn ^a   Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar ^a   Dynesius, Mats ^b   Rydgård, Mats ^c   Esseen, Per Anders ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Marine Ecology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Edge influence; Experimental forest fragmentation; Forest dynamics; Picea abies; Tree retention patch; Wind disturbance; Woodland key habitat

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; LANDFORMS;

EDGE INFLUENCE; EXPERIMENTAL FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; TREE RETENTION PATCH; WIND DISTURBANCE; WOODLAND KEY HABITAT;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EDGE EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; PATCH SIZE; STAND DYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; LAND; PICEA ABIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 34047127294     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.01.048     Document Type: Article

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