Management of forest for wood production has altered ecosystem structures and processes and led to habitat loss and species extinctions, worldwide. Deadwood is a key resource supporting forest biodiversity, and commonly declines following forest management. However, different forest management...

Decline in biodiversity have increased the interest in alternative forest management approaches. Uneven-aged silviculture has been proposed as a mean to maintain continuity of forest canopy cover, mimic small-scale disturbances and provide a stratified forest structure similar to that of old-growth ...

Disturbances are increasingly becoming a challenge for the management of forest ecosystems. In extreme cases, tipping points can be reached leading to a fundamental change in ecosystems and causing distinct decreases in ecosystem ser- vices' supply and biodiversity. In this study, we are presenting ...

The Swiss forest, through adapted silviculture, provides many services to society that are summarized by the four forest functions: protection, economy, ecology and hospitality. However, challenges to the maintenance of this multifunctionality could compromise the public interest. A bibliographic...

Forest management has been shown to affect biodiversity, but the effects vary among taxa and studies. Due to their host-tree preferences, many saproxylic, i.e. deadwood-dependent, beetle species are likely affected by forest management via changes in tree species composition. However, further...

Contemporary forest management offers a trade-off between the potential positive effects of habitat heterogeneity on biodiversity, and the potential harm to mature forest communities caused by habitat loss and perforation of the forest canopy. While the response of taxonomic diversity to forest...

Herbivorous insects play an important role in forest ecosystems, but their response to forest management is not well known. We tested how various aspects of forest management affect the abundance and species richness as well as the community composition of herbivorous insects in temperate European...

Retention forestry is thought to contribute to the balance between biological conservation and timber production . However, its efficacy has mainly been investigated in natural or naturally regenerated forests, and there have been few studies in plantations and Asia. Conifer plantations are quite...

Retention forestry is a silvicultural approach used to retain structural and compositional components of the harvested area, maintain some connectivity throughout the landscape and provide a "lifeboat" area for species as part of a conservation effort. However, no manipulative field experiment has...

Estimates of historical disturbance patterns are essential to guide forest management aimed at ensuring the sustainability of ecosystem functions and biodiversity. However, quantitative estimates of various disturbance characteristics required in management applications are rare in longer-term...