Habitat management alternatives for conservation forests in the temperate zone: Review, synthesis, and implications

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 306, Issue , 2013, Pages 292-307

  Götmark, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest reserve; Protected area; Restoration; Succession; Woodland

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST RESERVES; PROTECTED AREAS; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION;

FORESTRY;

ACTION PLAN; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PROTECTED AREA; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATE FOREST; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION;

EID: 84880966674     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.014     Document Type: Review

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