Deadwood as a surrogate for forest biodiversity: Meta-analysis of correlations between deadwood volume and species richness of saproxylic organisms

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1027-1039

  Lassauce, Aurore ^a,b   Paillet, Yoan ^a   Jactel, Hervé ^c   Bouget, Christophe ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b French Agency for Environment and Energy Management ADEME   (France)

^c UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

Author keywords

Biome; Deadwood; Deadwood type; Decay stage; Meta analysis; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOME; DEADWOOD; DEADWOOD TYPE; DECAY STAGE; META-ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; DECAY (ORGANIC); ECOSYSTEMS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOME; CORRELATION; DEAD WOOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; VOLUME;

BIODIVERSITY; DEAD WOOD; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA; FUNGI;

EID: 79955832893     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.02.004     Document Type: Review

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