Variability and Mixed-Severity Disturbances Characterize Unmanaged Southern Boreal Forests in Russian Karelia

• Main Author: Kilpinen, Satu
• Other Authors: Helsingin yliopisto, Maatalous-metsätieteellinen tiedekunta, Metsätieteiden laitos, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Forest Sciences, Helsingfors universitet, Agrikultur- och forstvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för skogsvetenskaper
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2018
• Subjects: disturbance dynamics; dendrochronology; disturbance history; Metsien ekologia ja käyttö; Forest Ecology and Management; skoglig ekologi och resurshushållning; Männikkö; karelian
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/236044

Increasing human impact has radically changed the forest structure and depleted the area of natural forests in many regions. In spite of active natural forest research during the last decades, the current knowledge on the southern boreal region, deciduous and mixed forests fall short. The knowledge...