[Ecological Studies] Old-Growth Forests
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Wirth, Christian; Gleixner, Gerd; Heimann, Martin
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Article
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2009
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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German
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Many terms often used to describe old-growth forests imply that these forests are less vigorous, less productive and less stable than younger forests. But research in the last two decades has yielded results that challenge the view of old-growth forests being in decline. Given the importance of fore