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Special issue on selected results of the FORSEE project     300
Margarida Tome and Ted Farrell
Published Online: 10 March 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009022
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Landscape metrics for characterization of forest landscapes in a sustainable management framework: Potential application and prevention of misuse     301
Emilio R. Diaz-Varela, Manuel F. Marey-Pérez, Antonio Rigueiro-Rodriguez and Pedro Álvarez-Álvarez
Published Online: 10 March 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009004
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Preliminary study on the assessment of deadwood volume by the French national forest inventory     302
Rémi Teissier du Cros and Sandra Lopez
Published Online: 07 April 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009007
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Potential indicators of soil quality in temperate forest ecosystems: a case study in the Basque Country     303
Nahia Gartzia-Bengoetxea, Ander González-Arias, Ellen Kandeler and Inazio Martínez de Arano
Published Online: 07 April 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009008
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Effects of some ecological variables on carabid communities in native and non native forests in the Ibaizabal basin (Basque Country: Spain)     304
Adoración Martínez, Juan Carlos Iturrondobeitia and Arturo Goldarazena
Published Online: 10 March 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009003
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Potential use of pine plantations to restore native forests in a highly fragmented river basin     305
Miren Onaindia and Anaïs Mitxelena
Published Online: 10 March 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009002
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Species variables or environmental variables as indicators of forest biodiversity: a case study using saproxylic beetles in Maritime pine plantations     306
Antoine Brin, Hervé Brustel and Hervé Jactel
Published Online: 07 April 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009009
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Using cover measurements to estimate aboveground understorey biomass in Maritime pine stands     307
Annabel J. Porté, Jean-Charles Samalens, Raphaël Dulhoste, Rémi Teissier Du Cros, Alexandre Bosc and Céline Meredieu
Published Online: 10 March 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009005
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Towards standardised crown condition assessment in poplar plantations     308
Jorge Martín-García, Julio Javier Diez and Hervé Jactel
Published Online: 10 March 2009
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009006
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