Disturbances in deciduous temperate forest ecosystems of the northern hemisphere: Their effects on both recent and future forest development

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1863-1893

  Fischer, Anton ^a   Marshall, Philip ^b   Camp, Ann ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Climate change; Ice and snow; Invasive pathogens and insects; Land use change; Windstorms

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBALIZATION; HURRICANE; ICE; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROHABITAT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PEST SPECIES; SNOW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TORNADO;

CENTRAL EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84881027826     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0525-1     Document Type: Review

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