Role of the Siberian flying squirrel as an umbrella species for biodiversity in northern boreal forests

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 246-255

  Hurme, Eija ^a   Mönkkönen, Mikko ^b   Sippola, Anna Liisa ^c   Ylinen, Hanna ^a   Pentinsaari, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beetles; Coarse woody debris (CWD); Lichens; management; Polypores; Site selection

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; WOOD;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD); POLYPORES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RODENT; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

COLEOPTERA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PTEROMYINI; PTEROMYS VOLANS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 37249087989     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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