A lack of large-diameter logs and snags characterises dead wood patterns in Irish forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2056-2064

  Sweeney, Oisín F McD ^a   Martin, Rebecca D ^a   Irwin, Sandra ^a   Kelly, Thomas C ^a   O'Halloran, John ^a   Wilson, Mark W ^a   McEvoy, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Dept of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Dead wood; Ireland; Managed plantations; Native forests

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DECAY CLASS; FOREST AGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST TYPE; HIGH DENSITY; IRELAND; LARGE-DIAMETER; LOG VOLUME; NATIVE FORESTS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; QUERCUS SPP; SHORT TERM; SITKA SPRUCE; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; COPPICE; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENSITY; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LOGGING (TIMBER); OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNAG; VOLUME;

BIODIVERSITY; DEAD WOOD; ECOSYSTEMS; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTS; IRELAND; PLANTATIONS;

IRELAND;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; PICEA SITCHENSIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 77950297969     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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