Species richness and structure variations of Scots pine forest communities during the period from 5 to 210 years after fire.

• Main Authors: Gorshkov, Vadim V., Bakkal, Irene J.
• Other Authors: The Finnish Society of Forest Science, Suomen metsätieteellinen seura, Finlands Forstvetenskapliga Samfund
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Finnish Society of Forest Science and The Finnish Forest Research Institute 2009
• Subjects: Pinus sylvestris; forest ecology; fire ecology; biodiversity; ecological succession; luonnon monimuotoisuus; metsäpalot; mänty; luontainen uudistaminen; Kola Peninsula; Mänty; kola peninsula
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1975/9244

Part II Biodiversity Postfire recovery of species diversity (including a number of species, entropy of species relative coverage (Shannon index of species diversity) was studied in lichen and green moss site types of Scots pine forests in the central part of the Kola Peninsula. The results obtained...