Linking forest management, policy and biodiversity indicators - A comparison of Lithuania and Southern Sweden

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 291, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-189

  Brukas, Vilis ^a   Felton, Adam ^a   Lindbladh, Matts ^a   Sallnäs, Ola ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

G taland; Integrative management; Lithuania; National forest inventory; Policy tools; Segregative management

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REGENERATION; BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIRECT PRODUCT; FOREST AREA; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FOREST POLICY; FOREST STRUCTURE; INTENSIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT; LITHUANIA; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; NATURAL CONDITIONS; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; POLICY TOOLS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; STAND AGE; TIMBER PRODUCTION; TREE DIAMETER; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; TIMBER;

REFORESTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEAD WOOD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

LITHUANIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84871909265     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.034     Document Type: Article

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