Analysis of forest naturalness and tree mortality patterns in Estonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Laarmann, Diana ^a   Korjus, Henn ^a   Sims, Allan ^a   Stanturf, John A ^b   Kiviste, Andres ^a   Köster, Kajar ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b Southern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Deadwood; Forest disturbance; Forest naturalness; Mingling; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; DEAD TREES; DOWNY BIRCH; ESTONIA; FOREST DISTURBANCES; FOREST GROWTH; FOREST INVENTORY; GAP FORMATION; INDIVIDUAL TREE; INTERVAL MEASUREMENT; LOWER PROBABILITIES; MANAGED FOREST; MEAN VALUES; NORWAY SPRUCE; SCOTS PINE; SEMI-NATURAL FORESTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEM NUMBERS; TREE MORTALITY; WIND DAMAGE;

BIODIVERSITY; FUNGI; PROBABILITY; SILVER;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEAD WOOD; DISTURBANCE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURALNESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; DEAD WOOD; FORESTRY; FUNGI; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SILVER; TREES;

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

ALCES ALCES; BETULA PUBESCENS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 71649101050     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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