Partial cutting can enhance epiphyte conservation in temperate oak-rich forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-44

  Nordén, Björn ^a,c   Paltto, Heidi ^b   Claesson, Christina ^c   Götmark, Frank ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofuel production; Conservation thinning; Lichen diversity; Multiple use forestry; Sustainable management; Woodland key habitat

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; LICHEN DIVERSITY; MULTIPLE USE; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WOODLAND KEY HABITAT;

BIOFUELS; CONSERVATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

BARK; BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; BRYOPHYTE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLEARCUTTING; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EPIPHYTE; HARVESTING; LICHEN; MICROCLIMATE; RESOURCE USE; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TEMPERATE FOREST; THINNING; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CUTTING; FORESTRY; FUELS; LICHENS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; THINNING;

SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; QUERCUS;

EID: 84856426899     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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