Effects of fuelwood harvesting on biodiversity - a review focused on the situation in Europe

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1421-1432

  Bouget, Christophe ^a   Lassauce, Aurore ^a,b   Jonsell, Mats ^c  

^a Cemagref   (France)

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

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CHEMICAL CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE; ECOLOGICAL PROPERTY; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; FOREST OWNERSHIP; FOREST PRACTICES; FOREST SPECIES; FUELWOOD; HABITAT CONDITIONS; LANDSCAPE SCALE; LITERATURE OVERVIEW; LOGGING RESIDUES; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES; PEAK OIL; POSTHARVEST; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SAPROXYLIC; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL PROPERTY; WHOLE TREE HARVESTING;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SOIL MECHANICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; DEAD WOOD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENERGY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FUELWOOD; HABITAT LOSS; HARVESTING; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOGGING (TIMBER); RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SAPROXYLIC ORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE STUMP;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEASONAL VARIATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84864580614     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-078     Document Type: Review

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