Dead wood and polypore diversity in natural post-fire succession forests and managed stands - Lessons for biodiversity management in boreal forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 286, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-27

  Ylisirnio A L ^a   Penttila R ^b   Berglund, H ^c   Hallikainen, V ^b   Isaeva, L ^d   Kauhanen, H ^b   Koivula, M ^b   Mikkola, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biodiversity management; Boreal forests; Dead wood; Disturbance; Forest succession; Polyporous fungi

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DECAY STAGES; DISTURBANCE; FIRE DYNAMICS; FOREST SUCCESSION; LOGGING TECHNIQUES; MANAGED FOREST; NATURAL FORESTS; NATURAL SUCCESSION; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POLYPORE; POST-FIRE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; ROTATION PERIOD; SAPROXYLIC SPECIES; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRUCE FOREST; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BIODIVERSITY; FIRES; FUNGI; VEGETATION; WOOD;

REFORESTATION;

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATURALNESS; RED LIST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEAD WOOD; FIRES; FORESTS; FUNGI; MANAGEMENT; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; WOOD;

FUNGI; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; POLYPOROUS;

EID: 84866972104     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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