Partial cutting as a conservation alternative for oak (Quercus spp.) forest-Response of bryophytes and lichens on dead wood

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 536-547

  Paltto, Heidi ^a   Nordén, Björn ^a   Götmark, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofuel harvest; Coarse woody debris (CWD); Epixylic species; Indicator species; Red listed species; Temperate broadleaved deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEBRIS; HARVESTING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); WOOD;

BASAL AREA (BA); BIO FUELS; CENTURY (CO); COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD); ELSEVIER (CO); FOREST STRUCTURES; NEGATIVE EFFECTS; OAK FORESTS; PARTIAL CUTTINGS; PARTIAL HARVESTING; QUERCUS SPP; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FORESTRY;

BIOFUEL; BRYOPHYTE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; LICHEN; RED LIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LICHENS; LOGS; PLANTS; QUERCUS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; QUERCUS;

EID: 46849119641     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.04.045     Document Type: Article

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