Challenges of ecological restoration: Lessons from forests in northern Europe

Biological Conservation

Volumn 167, Issue , 2013, Pages 248-256

  Halme, Panu ^a,b   Allen, Katherine A ^c   Auniņš, Ainars ^d   Bradshaw, Richard H W ^c   Brumelis, Guntis ^d   Čada, Vojtěch ^e   Clear, Jennifer L ^c   Eriksson, Anna Maria ^f   Hannon, Gina ^c   Hyvärinen, Esko ^g   Ikauniece, Sandra ^h   Iršenaite, Reda ⁱ   Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar ^f   Junninen, Kaisa ^g   Kareksela, Santtu ^a   Komonen, Atte ^a   Kotiaho, Janne S ^a   Kouki, Jari ^j   Kuuluvainen, Timo ^k   Mazziotta, Adriano ^a   Mönkkönen, Mikko ^a   Nyholm, Kristiina ^a   Oldén, Anna ^a   Shorohova, Ekaterina ^l,m   Strange, Niels ⁿ   Toivanen, Tero ^a,o   Vanha Majamaa, Ilkka ^m   Wallenius, Tuomo ^k   Ylisirniö, Anna Liisa ^p   Zin, Ewa ^q,r   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^e CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^f MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

^h DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

ⁱ Institute of Botany at the Nature Research Centre   (Lithuania)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^l SAINT PETERSBURG STATE FOREST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^m FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^o BirdLife Finland   (Finland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^q FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^r SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate change; Dead wood; Disturbance dynamics; Ecosystem services; Fire regime; Forest management; Habitat loss; Monitoring; Reference ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOME; BOREAL FOREST; DEAD WOOD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MONITORING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VULNERABILITY;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84884301264     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.08.029     Document Type: Review

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