Conservation ecology of boreal polypores: A review

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-20

  Junninen, Kaisa ^a   Komonen, Atte ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Boreal forest; Dead wood; Forest management; Saproxylic species; Wood inhabiting fungi

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEAD WOOD; EXTINCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAPROXYLIC ORGANISM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EUROPE;

FUNGI; POLYPOROUS;

EID: 78751568079     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.010     Document Type: Review

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