Coppice-with-standards with an overmature coppice component enhance saproxylic beetle biodiversity: A case study in French deciduous forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 266, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-285

  Lassauce, Aurore ^a,b   Anselle, Pénélope ^a   Lieutier, François ^c   Bouget, Christophe ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coppice with standards (CWS); Dead wood dynamics; Overmature forests; Rotation age

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; CENTRAL EUROPE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COPPICE-WITH-STANDARDS (CWS); DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FUEL WOOD; IN-LINE; LOCAL POPULATIONS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; OAK-HORNBEAM FORESTS; OVERMATURE FORESTS; SAPROXYLIC BEETLES; STUDY AREAS; WOODY DEBRIS;

BIODIVERSITY; CHARCOAL; DEBRIS; ROTATION; STANDARDS;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COPPICE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HABITAT RESTORATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAPROXYLIC ORGANISM;

AGE; BIODIVERSITY; CHARCOAL; COPPICE; DEAD WOOD; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FRANCE; INSECTS; MATURITY; ROTATION; STANDARDS;

FRANCE;

CARPINUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 83455235669     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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