Accumulation of dead wood in abandoned beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests in northwestern Germany

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-352

  Meyer, P ^a   Schmidt, M ^a  

^a Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nature conservation; Old growth; Saproxylic species; Set aside forests

Indexed keywords

BARK BEETLE; BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L.); BEECH STAND; CRITICAL VALUE; DEAD WOOD; FOREST ACTIVITIES; FOREST RESERVES; GERMANY; LINEAR MODELING; NATURE CONSERVATION; OAK DECLINE; OLD-GROWTH; PRIMEVAL FORESTS; SAPROXYLIC SPECIES; SET ASIDE FORESTS; STANDING DEAD WOOD; TREE MORTALITY; WOOD PRODUCTION;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; LAKES; RESTORATION; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; MORTALITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GERMANY; LAKES; RESTORATION; WOOD;

GERMANY;

COLEOPTERA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 78651232231     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.037     Document Type: Article

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