Theoretical expectations for thresholds in the relationship between number of wood-living species and amount of coarse woody debris: A study case in spruce forests

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-130

  Ranius, Thomas ^a   Jonsson, Mattias ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Environmental goal; Extinction threshold; Habitat requirements; Saproxylic; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEAD WOOD; EXTINCTION RISK; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RED LIST; SAPROXYLIC ORGANISM;

PICEA;

EID: 34250679441     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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