Does the amount of trees retained at clearfelling of temperate and boreal forests influence biodiversity response?

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fedrowitz, Katja ^a   Gustafsson, Lena ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological legacy; Clear cut; Extinction risk; Green tree retention; Logging; Remnant tree; Residual tree; Retention threshold; Species composition; Species richness; Veteran tree

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906327604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2382-1-5     Document Type: Review

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