Integrated forest management-pursuing multiple management objectives on the same area-is one important approach to reconciling conflicting demands towards forests. While a few studies have examined its implementation at a local level, the literature is thus far lacking detailed analyses of how...

Forests cover approximately a third of Germany's land area. The manner of forest management has a significant impact on overall species diversity and on the habitat suitability of forests for forest-dwelling bat species. In this contribution, the habitat requirements of forest-dwelling bats are...

With increasing globalization, increasing numbers of plant species are being moved from their areas of natural occurrence to new ecosystems and parts of the world. Several species belong to the invasive alien species with more or less negative impacts on their surrounding environment. In the urban...

Lignocellulose is the most abundant biomass on Earth, with an estimated 181.5 billion tonnes produced annually. Of the 8.2 billion tonnes that are currently used, about 7 billion tonnes are produced from dedicated agricultural, grass and forest land and another 1.2 billion tonnes stem from...

Ancient woodlands, with their long ecological continuity, frequently harbor a high number of typical, rare and threatened species, and are therefore of particular importance for nature conservation. To pinpoint these habitats, a common application is the use of plants as "ancient woodland...

Determining the exact position of a forest inventory plot - and hence the position of the sampled trees - is often hampered by a poor Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal quality beneath the forest canopy. Inaccurate geo-references hamper the performance of models that aim to retrieve...

The objectives and principles of forest management undergo gradual and steady evolution. At the beginning, they were expressed in the principle of sustainability of timber supply and sustainability of forest capital; currently they are expressed in the principle of multifunctional forest management...

Understanding and quantifying the impact of changes in climate and land use/land cover on water availability is a prerequisite to adapt water management; yet, it can be difficult to separate the effects of these different impacts. In this paper we illustrate a separation and attribution method...

Constant allometric scaling as postulated by the metabolic scaling theory (MST) and the geometric scaling theory (GST) provides a promising synthesis for the functioning and structure of plants from organ to ecosystem level. Built on rather simple assumptions on individual structure and metabolism, ...

A discussion of the basic data available for input into a modern forestry information system, especially for silviculture and forest management. The categories of data considered are regional yield tables, the basic mensurational data for site units, criteria for assessing mixed stands, and data...