Snow avalanche disturbances in forest ecosystems-State of research and implications for management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1883-1892

  Bebi, Peter ^a   Kulakowski, Dominik ^a,b   Rixen, Christian ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance interactions; Forest cover change; Protection forest; Snow avalanches; Subalpine forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DISTURBANCE INTERACTIONS; FOREST COVER CHANGE; PROTECTION FOREST; SNOW AVALANCHES; SUBALPINE FOREST;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MONTANE FOREST; SNOW; STAND STRUCTURE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION; SNOW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 63249111440     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.050     Document Type: Article

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