Linking forest history and conservation efforts: Long-term impact of low-intensity timber harvest on forest structure and wood-inhabiting fungi in northern Sweden

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1803-1811

  Josefsson, Torbjörn ^a   Olsson, Jörgen ^b   Östlund, Lars ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; CWD; Forest history; Logging; Pinus sylvestris; Wood inhabiting fungi

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEAD WOOD; FOREST INVENTORY; FUNGUS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RED LIST; TIMBER HARVESTING;

FENNOSCANDIA; SWEDEN;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77954834427     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.035     Document Type: Article

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