The challenge of combining timber production and biodiversity conservation for long-term ecosystem functioning-A case study of Swedish boreal forestry

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 208-217

  Eriksson, Sofia ^a,b   Hammer, Monica ^a  

^a School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecological scales; Forest system indicators; Management practices; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; TIMBER;

ECOLOGICAL SCALES; FOREST SYSTEM INDICATORS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; DATA ACQUISITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 37149053766     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.046     Document Type: Article

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