The transformation of a Norway spruce dominated landscape since pre-industrial times in northern Sweden: The influence of modern forest management on forest structure

Silva Fennica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 783-797

  Hellberg, Erik ^a   Josefsson, Torbjörn ^a   Östlund, Lars ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birch; Deciduous forest; Disturbance dynamics; Fire; Forest history

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIRCH; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL LOGGING; INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; REFERENCE CONDITION; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION;

METADATA;

BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BETULA; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; FIRES; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS;

SWEDEN;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 74849129640     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.173     Document Type: Article

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