Do time-lagged extinctions and colonizations change the interpretation of buffer strip effectiveness? - a study of riparian bryophytes in the first decade after logging

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1316-1324

  Hylander, Kristoffer ^a   Weibull, Henrik ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Naturcentrum AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal; Buffer strip; Clear cutting; Colonization credit; Extinction debt; Green tree retention; Immigration credit; Liverwort; Moss; Variable retention

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; BUFFER ZONE; CLEARCUTTING; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEAD WOOD; DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION; LIVERWORT; LOGGING (TIMBER); MOSS; RED LIST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 84870347975     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02218.x     Document Type: Article

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