Biodiversity differences between managed and unmanaged forests: Meta-analysis of species richness in Europe

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-112

  Paillet, Yoan ^a,b   Bergès, Laurent ^a   HjÄltén, Joakim ^c   Ódor, Péter ^d   Avon, Catherine ^a   Bernhardt Römermann, Markus ^e   Bijlsma, Rienk Jan ^f   De Bruyn, Luc ^g,h   Fuhr, Marc ^b   Grandin, Ulf ^c   Kanka, Robert ⁱ   Lundin, Lars ^c   Luque, Sandra ^b   Magura, Tibor ^j   Matesanz, Silvia ^k   Mészáros, Ilona ^l   SebastiÀ, M Teresa ^m,n   Schmidt, Wolfgang ^e   Standovár, Tibor ^d   TÓthmérész, Béla ^l   Uotila, Anneli ^o   Valladares, Fernando ^k   Vellak, Kai ^p   Virtanen, Risto ^q   more..

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b Cemagref   (France)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^j UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

^k CSIC   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^m CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

more..

Author keywords

Conservation policy; Forest management abandonment; Management intensity; Meta analysis; Species richness; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLEARCUTTING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; META-ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; EUROPE; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; EUROPE; TREES;

EUROPE;

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 74549184573     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01399.x     Document Type: Review

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