Impact of harvesting intensity on wood-inhabiting fungi in boreal aspen forests of Eastern Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 279, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-54

  Kebli, Hedi ^a   Brais, Suzanne ^a   Kernaghan, Gavin ^b   Drouin, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Deadwood; Diversity; Harvesting; Saproxylic fungi

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEADWOOD; DECAY STAGES; DIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FINE WOODY DEBRIS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL DIVERSITY; FUNGAL RICHNESS; FUNGAL SPECIES; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTING; NATURAL DYNAMICS; PARTIAL HARVEST; SAPROXYLIC; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; TREMBLING ASPEN; WOOD-INHABITING FUNGI;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; WOOD FUELS;

FUNGI;

BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNGUS; HABITAT TYPE; HARVESTING; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; WOOD; WOODY DEBRIS;

BIODIVERSITY; DEAD WOOD; ECOSYSTEMS; FUELS; FUNGI; HARVESTING;

CANADA;

FUNGI;

EID: 84862649937     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.028     Document Type: Article

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