Comparable benefits of land sparing and sharing indicated by bird responses to stand-level plantation intensity in Hokkaido, northern Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 167-174

  Yoshii, Chiaki ^a   Yamaura, Yuichi ^a,b   Soga, Masashi ^a   Shibuya, Masato ^a   Nakamura, Futoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broad leaved trees; Conifer plantations; Land use intensity; Planted forest; Response diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BROADLEAVED TREES; CONIFER PLANTATIONS; CONSERVATION BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PLANTED FOREST; POPULATION DENSITIES; RESPONSE DIVERSITY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84922001266     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-014-0453-2     Document Type: Article

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