High-resolution forest mapping technology is a powerful data source to assess the production capacity of forests regarding wood and non-wood ecosystem services. The study shows how to evaluate the potential benefits from forest management treatments devoted to increase mushroom supply. The study...

Since its origins, the idea of sustainability has always been linked to forest management. However, nowadays, sustainable forest management has usually been approached by defining a set of criteria and indicators. This paper aims to address sustainability in forest management including a set of...

Integrative forest management approaches, aiming to combine the provision of multiple forest ecosystem services in the same forest area, are popular forest management concepts in Europe. Their understanding and application varies, however, across the continent. This paper looks at one dimension of...

Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) seeks to make sure a performance of forest ecosystems environmental and socioeconomically just. The cork oak forest management presents a complex problem because silvicultural peculiarities. The aim of the SFM, to guarantee a functioning of forest ecosystems...

This article evaluates the conflicts between spatial, production and financial goals using tree-level decision-support built from stand dynamics equations, airborne laser scanning data and optimization based on mixed integer programming. The resulting Pareto Frontiers evaluated the role of spatial...

Forest management is an untapped tool, yet to realize its full potential to fight against climate change. The capability of forests to act as carbon sinks makes them a key resource to reduce CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere. However, carbon which has been fixed can be suddenly emitted again as a ...

Aim of study: To characterize the species composition and stand variables in a Green Tree Retention (GTR) structure obtained as result of applying an uneven aged silviculture system based on the BDq method; to conduct a biometric study of these components of the GTR. Study area: Asturias (northern...

There is great interest in determining the effects of forest thinning as a tool to improve growth recovery from drought in different tree species and climatic conditions. However, we lack a robust framework to determine how transient are post-drought growth resilience and enhancement, and if such...

Because forests provide a myriad of essential services to society, sustainable forest management that considers and promotes the multifunctional role of forests is of key importance. Understanding how forests have been and are being managed is essential to learn how current forest landscapes have...

Aim of study: Adaptation of silviculture in planted forest may help to mitigate damage due to biotic and abiotic hazards. However, compromises have to be found because it is not possible to minimize the risk from all hazards through application of a single forest management approach. The objective...