Dead wood in clearcuts of semi-natural forests in Estonia: Site-type variation, degradation, and the influences of tree retention and slash harvest

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 335-349

  Lõhmus, Asko ^a   Kraut, Ann ^a   Rosenvald, Raul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biological legacy; Coarse woody debris; Fine woody debris; Forest fuel; Retention forestry; Snag

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLEARCUTTING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DEGRADATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; SNAG;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84874675939     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-012-0678-6     Document Type: Article

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