Initial effects of restoring natural forest structures in Estonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 304, Issue , 2013, Pages 303-311

  Laarmann, Diana ^a   Korjus, Henn ^a   Sims, Allan ^a   Kangur, Ahto ^a   Stanturf, John A ^b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b Center for Forest Disturbance Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest restoration; Gaps; Hemiboreal forest; Protected forests; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

FOREST RESTORATION; GAPS; HEMIBOREAL FOREST; MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; PROTECTED FORESTS; RESTORATION TREATMENTS; STRUCTURAL CONDITION; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; LICHEN; NATURALNESS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; PROTECTED AREA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RESTORATION;

ESTONIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84878683479     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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