Bark beetle outbreaks in Europe: state of knowledge and ways forward for management

T Hlásny, L König, P Krokene, M Lindner… - Current Forestry …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Outbreaks of tree-killing bark beetles have reached
unprecedented levels in conifer forests in the northern hemisphere and are expected to …

Global review on interactions between insect pests and other forest disturbances

Q Canelles, N Aquilué, PMA James, J Lawler… - Landscape …, 2021 - Springer
Context Forest landscapes worldwide are shaped by abiotic drivers such as fire, windstorms,
and drought, but also by biotic drivers like insect pests and pathogens. Although the effects …

Monthly mapping of forest harvesting using dense time series Sentinel-1 SAR imagery and deep learning

F Zhao, R Sun, L Zhong, R Meng, C Huang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Compared with disturbance maps produced at annual or multi-year time steps, monthly
mapping of forest harvesting can provide more temporal details needed for studying the …

Natural disturbance-based forest management: moving beyond retention and continuous-cover forestry

T Kuuluvainen, P Angelstam, L Frelich… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Global forest area is declining rapidly, along with degradation of the ecological condition of
remaining forests. Hence it is necessary to adopt forest management approaches that can …

Tamm review: Does salvage logging mitigate subsequent forest disturbances?

AB Leverkus, B Buma, J Wagenbrenner… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
After natural forest disturbances such as wildfires, windstorms and insect outbreaks, salvage
logging is commonly applied to reduce economic losses and mitigate subsequent …

Challenges for the sustainable management of the boreal forest under climate change

MM Girona, T Aakala, N Aquilué, AC Bélisle… - Boreal Forests in the …, 2023 - Springer
The increasing effects of climate and global change oblige ecosystem-based management
to adapt forestry practices to deal with uncertainties. Here we provide an overview to identify …

Is salvage logging effectively dampening bark beetle outbreaks and preserving forest carbon stocks?

L Dobor, T Hlásny, W Rammer, S Zimová… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Salvage logging is one of most frequently applied management responses to forest
disturbances world‐wide. As forest disturbances are increasing, so too is the application of …

Impact of stand and landscape management on forest pest damage

L Marini, MP Ayres, H Jactel - Annual Review of Entomology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
One promising approach to mitigate the negative impacts of insect pests in forests is to adapt
forestry practices to create ecosystems that are more resistant and resilient to biotic …

Crown‐fire severity is more important than ground‐fire severity in determining soil fungal community development in the boreal forest

L Pérez‐Izquierdo, KE Clemmensen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfire shapes the structure, dynamic and functioning of boreal forests. With predicted
warmer and drier summers, increased incidence and intensity of crown‐fires may affect plant …

Salvage logging effects on regulating and supporting ecosystem services—A systematic map

AB Leverkus, JM Rey Benayas, J Castro… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
Wildfires, insect outbreaks, and windstorms are increasingly common forest disturbances.
Post-disturbance management often involves salvage logging, ie, the felling and removal of …