Determination of a common forest life cycle assessment method for biodiversity evaluation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2120-2132

  Winter, Susanne ^a   Brambach, Fabian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological integrity; Forest development phase; Microhabitat; Mosaic cycle concept; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; FOREST DEVELOPMENT; MICROHABITATS; MOSAIC CYCLE CONCEPT; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RATING;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MICROHABITAT; NATURE RESERVE; OPTIMIZATION; SAPROXYLIC ORGANISM; STAND STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; DISINTEGRATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; PICEA; PROBABILITY; RATING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

FAGUS; PICEA;

EID: 80054997459     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.036     Document Type: Article

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