Replacing monocultures with mixed-species stands: Ecosystem service implications of two production forest alternatives in Sweden

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Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 124-139

  Felton, Adam ^a   Nilsson, Urban ^a   Sonesson, Johan ^b   Felton, Annika M ^a   Roberge, Jean Michel ^a   Ranius, Thomas ^a   Ahlström, Martin ^a   Bergh, Johan ^c   Björkman, Christer ^a   Boberg, Johanna ^a   Drössler, Lars ^a   Fahlvik, Nils ^a   Gong, Peichen ^a   Holmström, Emma ^a   Keskitalo, E Carina H ^d   Klapwijk, Maartje J ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^a   Lundmark, Tomas ^a   Niklasson, Mats ^a,e   Nordin, Annika ^a   Pettersson, Maria ^f   Stenlid, Jan ^a   Sténs, Anna ^d   Wallertz, Kristina ^a   more..

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Foundation Nordens Ark   (Sweden)

^f LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Ecosystem services; Forestry; Mixed forest stand; Polyculture; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MONOCULTURE; POLYCULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS;

SWEDEN;

BETULA PENDULA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FORESTRY; PEST CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SWEDEN; WATER QUALITY; WIND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FORESTRY; PEST CONTROL; SWEDEN; WATER QUALITY; WIND;

EID: 84953378380     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0749-2     Document Type: Article

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