A refined view on the "Green lie": Forest structure and composition succeeding early twentieth century selective logging in SE Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-284

  Lie, Marit H ^a   Josefsson, Torbjörn ^a,b   Storaunet, Ken Olaf ^c   Ohlson, Mikael ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; dendroecology; forest history; historical records; selective logging

Indexed keywords

DENDROECOLOGY; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST HISTORY; FOREST STRUCTURE; FORESTRY PRACTICES; HISTORICAL RECORDS; MANAGED FOREST; MULTI-LAYERED; SCANDINAVIA; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SHARP CONTRAST; SPATIAL SCALE; SPRUCE FOREST; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BIODIVERSITY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); TIMBER;

WELL LOGGING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; LOGGING; NORWAY; SELECTIVE CUTTING; WELLS;

PICEA;

EID: 84859486562     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2011.628950     Document Type: Article

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