Plant species richness in managed boreal forests-Effects of stand succession and thinning

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1386-1394

  Widenfalk, Olof ^a   Weslien, Jan ^a  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Boreal forests; Disturbance; Plant communities; Succession; Thinning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CUTTING;

BOREAL FORESTS; DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SUCCESSION; THINNING;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; FERTILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; THINNING;

BIODIVERSITY; CUTTING; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PLANTS; PRESERVATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THINNING;

PICEA;

EID: 59049099410     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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