Coarse woody debris in old Pinus sylvestris dominated forests along a geographic and human impact gradient in boreal Fennoscandia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
• Main Authors: Rouvinen, S, Kuuluvainen, T, Karjalainen, L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2002
• Subjects: Häme; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x02-144; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/x02-144

Coarse woody debris (CWD) was studied in old Pinus sylvestris L. dominated forests in three geographic regions in the middle boreal vegetation zone: (i) in Häme in southwestern Finland, characterized by a long history of forest utilization, (ii) in Kuhmo in northeastern Finland, with a more recent h...