Relative Quantitative Reference Approach for Naturalness Assessments of forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1624-1632

  Winter, Susanne ^a   Fischer, Hagen S ^a   Fischer, Anton ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Ecological integrity; Hemeroby; IUCN National Park evaluation; Nature

Indexed keywords

BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK; CENTRAL EUROPE; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST RESTORATION; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; GERMANY; HEMEROBY; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; NATIONAL PARKS; PROTECTED AREAS; REFERENCE SITES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; RESTORATION;

PARKS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA;

BAVARIA; BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK; GERMANY;

EID: 77949273870     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.040     Document Type: Article

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