Old rural parks support higher biodiversity than forest remnants

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-173

  Lõhmus, Kertu ^a   Liira, Jaan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Forest biodiversity; Forest fragmentation; Forest management; Landscape planning; Plantations; Refugium; Stand structure; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PICIDAE;

EID: 84875389277     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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