Stand structure of hemiboreal old-growth forests: Characteristic features, variation among site types, and a comparison with FSC-certified mature stands in Estonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-165

  Lõhmus, Asko ^a   Kraut, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Certification; Forest management; Productivity gradient; Reference conditions; Structural diversity; Succession

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; CERTIFICATION; DECIDUOUS SPECIES; DECIDUOUS TREES; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; ESTONIA; FERTILE SOILS; FINE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCILS; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OLD-GROWTH STANDS; REFERENCE CONDITION; SALVAGE LOGGING; SELECTION CUTTING; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES; SITE TYPES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURES; STANDING DEAD TREES; STATE FORESTS; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TREATMENT EFFECTS; WOODY DEBRIS;

AGRICULTURE; DEBRIS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PRODUCTIVITY; TIMBER; WELL LOGGING;

REFORESTATION;

BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CERTIFICATION; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SILVICULTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WOODY DEBRIS;

CERTIFICATION; FIBER DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; GROWTH; LOGGING; MATURING; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; SILVICULTURE; STRUCTURES;

ESTONIA;

AEGOPODIUM; VACCINIUM;

EID: 77953129017     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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