Indicators of structural and habitat natural quality in boreo-nemoral forests along the management gradient

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 308-325

  Liira, Jaan ^a   Sepp, Toivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Biodiversity indicators; Dead wood; Ecosystem quality; Forest management; Indicator species; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70349476839     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/085.046.0407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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