Species, live status, and diameter are important tree features for diversity and abundance of tree microhabitats in subnatural montane beech-fir forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1433-1445

  Larrieu, Laurent ^a,b   Cabanettes, Alain ^a  

^a UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

^b Centre Régional de la Propriété   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES ALBA MILL; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; EUROPEAN BEECH; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGERS; MICROHABITATS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; RECURSIVE PARTITIONING; SAPROXYLIC; SILVER FIR;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIAMETER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; HABITAT TYPE; MICROHABITAT; MIXED FOREST; MONTANE FOREST; SAPROXYLIC ORGANISM; SNAG; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

ABIES ALBA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FRANCE; PYRENEES;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI;

EID: 84864600762     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-077     Document Type: Article

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