Reappearance of old-growth elements in lowland woodlands in northern Belgium: Do the associated species follow?

Silva Fennica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 909-935

  Vandekerkhove, Kris ^a   de Keersmaeker, Luc ^a   Walleyn, Ruben ^a   Köhler, Frank ^b   Crevecoeur, Luc ^c   Govaere, Leen ^d   Thomaes, Arno ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^e  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b Koleopterologisches Forschungsburo   (Germany)

^c Agency of Nature and Forests ^*

^d Ghent University   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Dead wood; Saproxylic species; Very large trees

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COLONISATION; CURRENT STATUS; DEAD WOOD; FLANDERS; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; FOREST COVER; HOTSPOTS; LOWLAND PLAINS; OLD-GROWTH; SAPROXYLIC; SAPROXYLIC BEETLES; SAPROXYLIC SPECIES; VERY LARGE TREES;

BIODIVERSITY; PARKS; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DISPERSAL; FOREST COVER; FUNGUS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PATCH DYNAMICS; RECOLONIZATION; SAPROXYLIC ORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; DEAD WOOD; FORESTRY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

COLEOPTERA; FUNGI;

EID: 84856599904     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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