Woodland key habitats in northern Europe: Concepts, inventory and protection

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-324

  Timonen, Jonna ^a   Siitonen, Juha ^b   Gustafsson, Lena ^c   Kotiaho, Janne S ^a,d   Stokland, Jogeir N ^e   Sverdrup Thygeson, Anne ^f   M̈nkk̈nen, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Centre of Excellence in Evolutionary Research   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Forest certification; Forest legislation; Forest management; Production forest

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ESTONIA; FINLAND; FOREST CERTIFICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT PATCHES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INDICATOR SPECIES; LITHUANIA; MEAN SIZE; RESEARCH RESULTS; STAND STRUCTURES;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CERTIFICATION; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FORESTRY;

EID: 77955080190     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2010.497160     Document Type: Review

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