Replacing coniferous monocultures with mixed-species production stands: An assessment of the potential benefits for forest biodiversity in northern Europe

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 939-947

  Felton, Adam ^a   Lindbladh, Matts ^a   Brunet, Jörg ^a   Fritz, Örjan ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Naturcentrum AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Forest management; Plantation; Risk spreading

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE]; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DEAD WOOD; ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SPECIES; GREEN-TREE RETENTION; GROUND VEGETATION; MANAGED FOREST; MIXED SPECIES; NORWAY SPRUCE; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SAPROXYLIC BEETLES; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMIC GROUPS; THINNING REGIMES; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LICHEN; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; PLANTATION; RED LIST; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BETULA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PICEA ABIES; PLANTATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; SWEDEN;

AVES; BETULA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77955516815     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.011     Document Type: Review

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