Dead wood creation to compensate for habitat loss from intensive forestry

Biological Conservation

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 277-284

  Ranius, T ^a   Caruso, A ^a   Jonsell, M ^a   Juutinen, A ^b   Thor, G ^a   Rudolphi, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity offset; Cost efficiency; Dead wood; Forest biomass harvesting; Saproxylic

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEAD WOOD; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; FUNGUS; HABITAT LOSS; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

EID: 84890203346     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.029     Document Type: Article

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