Identifying conservation and restoration priorities for saproxylic and old-growth forest species: A case study in Switzerland

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-118

  Lachat, Thibault ^a,b   Bütler, Rita ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Ecological niche factor analysis; Hotspots; Old growth forest species; Saproxylic species; Swiss forests

Indexed keywords

DEAD WOOD; ECOLOGICAL NICHE FACTOR ANALYSIS; HOTSPOTS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST SPECIES; SAPROXYLIC SPECIES; SWISS FORESTS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FACE RECOGNITION; FORESTRY; OCEAN HABITATS; RESTORATION;

CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OPTIMIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CASE STUDY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND; TREES; WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEAD WOOD; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RESTORATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

AVES; FUNGI;

EID: 67651183645     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9281-0     Document Type: Article

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