For what, when, and where is green-tree retention better than clear-cutting? A review of the biodiversity aspects

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Rosenvald, Raul ^a   Lõhmus, Asko ^b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological legacies; Disturbance; Forest management; Landscape connectivity; Retention trees

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FUNGI;

LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY; RETENTION TREES;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLEARCUTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FORESTRY; FUNGI;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 38649085927     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.016     Document Type: Review

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