Can retention forestry help conserve biodiversity? A meta-analysis

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1669-1679

  Fedrowitz, Katja ^a   Koricheva, Julia ^b   Baker, Susan C ^c   Lindenmayer, David B ^d   Palik, Brian ^e   Rosenvald, Raul ^f   Beese, William ^g   Franklin, Jerry F ^h   Kouki, Jari ⁱ   Macdonald, Ellen ^j   Messier, Christian ^k   Sverdrup Thygeson, Anne ^l   Gustafsson, Lena ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^g VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h University of Washington   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^l NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Boreal forest; Clearcut; Disturbance; Forestry; Structural retention; Temperate forest; Variable retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912574251     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12289     Document Type: Review

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