An index of forest management intensity based on assessment of harvested tree volume, tree species composition and dead wood origin

Nature Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-27

  Kahl, Tiemo ^a   Bauhus, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity exploratories; Land use intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911419009     PISSN: 13146947     EISSN: 13143301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.7.7281     Document Type: Article

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