Spatial and temporal scales relevant for conservation of dead-wood associated species: Current status and perspectives

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 513-535

  Sverdrup Thygeson, Anne ^a,b   Gustafsson, Lena ^c   Kouki, Jari ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coleoptera; CWD; Dispersal; Extinction debt; Forest management; Fungus; Landscape scale; Saproxylic; Time lag

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893921309     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0628-3     Document Type: Review

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