Reprint of: North Fennoscandian mountain forests: History, composition, disturbance dynamics and the unpredictable future

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 388, Issue , 2017, Pages 90-99

  Kuuluvainen, Timo ^a   Hofgaard, Annika ^b   Aakala, Tuomas ^a   Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Boreal forest; Climate change; Cultural heritage; Natural disturbance; Northern Europe

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS;

BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BOREAL FORESTS; CULTURAL HERITAGES; ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT; FOREST CONSERVATION; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FUTURE PROSPECT; MONTANE FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

FENNOSCANDIA; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDES MOUNTAINS; SWEDEN;

PICEA;

EID: 85015488309     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.02.035     Document Type: Review

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