How long has the 'hotspot' been 'hot'? Past stand-scale structures at Siggaboda nature reserve in southern Sweden

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2167-2187

  Hannon, Gina E ^a   Niklasson, Mats ^b,c   Brunet, Jörg ^c   Eliasson, Per ^d   Lindbladh, Matts ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b The Forest Society   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Forest conservation; Historical records; Palaeoecology; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; CHARCOAL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND USE; LONGEVITY; MIXED FOREST; NATURE RESERVE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE RING;

KRONOBERG; SIGGABODA NATURE RESERVE; SWEDEN;

ALNUS; CORYLUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; MALVACEAE; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; QUERCUS; TILIA;

EID: 77954027253     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9830-0     Document Type: Article

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