Forest management and snag characteristics in Northern Iran lowland forests

Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 431-441

  Tavankar, F ^a   Picchio, R ^b   Lo Monaco, Angela ^b   Bonyad, A E ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Broadleaved forests; Caspian forests; Dead wood; Hyrcanian forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY;

BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; CASPIAN FORESTS; DEAD WOOD; FULLY PROTECTED; HYRCANIAN FORESTS; LOW DENSITY; SNAG DENSITY; TARGET VALUES;

FORESTRY;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DEAD WOOD; DECOMPOSITION; DIAMETER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SNAG; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; VALUATION;

DEAD WOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CASPIAN COAST [IRAN]; IRAN;

EID: 84908291128     PISSN: 12124834     EISSN: 1805935X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/77/2014-jfs     Document Type: Article

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