Tree cavities in forests - The broad distribution pattern of a keystone structure for biodiversity

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 579-585

  Remm, Jaanus ^a   Lõhmus, Asko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Forest management; Fungal heart rot; Keystone species; Precipitation; Wood decay; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGAL HEART-ROT; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PRECIPITATION; WOODPECKER;

ARCHES; BIODIVERSITY; DECAY (ORGANIC); ECOSYSTEMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIRD; CAVITY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; META-ANALYSIS; MICROHABITAT; PALEARCTIC REGION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; BIODIVERSITY; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGI; PRECIPITATION; WOOD;

AUSTRALASIA;

ANIMALIA; PICIDAE;

EID: 79957896686     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.04.028     Document Type: Review

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