Bryophytes and decaying wood in Hepatica site-type boreo-nemoral Pinus sylvestris forests in Southern Estonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 994-1003

  Rajandu, Elle ^a,b   Kikas, Karin ^a   Paal, Jaanus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Decay stage; Diameter class; Forest age; Log; Management; Stump

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECAY STAGE; DIAMETER CLASS; FOREST AGE; LOG; STUMP;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

BRYOPHYTE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); MICROHABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECAY; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTRY; HUMIDIFICATION; LOGS; MANAGEMENT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STUMPS; WOOD;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; HEPATICA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 58149295949     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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