Dead standing pine trees in a boreal forest landscape in the Kalevala National Park, northern Fennoscandia : amount, population characteristics and spatial pattern

• Main Authors: Kuuluvainen, Timo, Aakala, Tuomas, Várkonyi, Gergely
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Singapore 2017
• Subjects: Boreal forest; Coarse Woody debris; Dead trees; Forest dynamics; Kelo; Pinus sylvestris; Snag; Tree mortality; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/203074

Abstract Background After their death, Scots pine trees can remain standing for decades and sometimes up to 200 years, forming long-lasting and ecologically important structures in boreal forest landscapes. Standing dead pines decay very slowly and with time develop into ‘kelo’ trees, which are char...