Effects of different levels of green- and dead-tree retention on hemi-boreal forest bird communities in Sweden

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 215-222

  Söderström, Bo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clear cut; Dispersed retention; Green tree retention; Group retention; Neighbouring stands; Resident bird species

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

CLEAR-CUT; DISPERSED RETENTION; GREEN-TREE RETENTION; GROUP RETENTION; NEIGHBOURING STANDS; RESIDENT BIRD SPECIES;

BIRDS;

BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; BREEDING POPULATION; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; SUCCESSION;

BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGGING; TREES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AVES;

EID: 56449130551     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.030     Document Type: Article

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