Harmonization of timber production and forest conservation is a major challenge of modern
silviculture. For the establishment of ecologically sustainable forest management, the …

With progressing climate change, increasing weather extremes will endanger tree
regeneration. Canopy openings provide light for tree establishment, but also reduce the …

Large herbivores play a key role in terrestrial ecosystems, and their populations alter the
plant composition in many ecosystems. One example is deer, whose populations in the …

The recruitment of forest trees is driven by both bottom-up processes (the acquisition of
resources) and top-down processes (herbivory). To initiate stand regeneration, foresters …

In mixed-species forests, species composition of the overstorey affects regeneration
processes through its influence on seed rain intensity and micro-site characteristics. Based …

As spatially fine-scale foraging decisions are intrinsic to browsing herbivores such as deer,
the search and selection of individual plants may be shaped by the density of neighbouring …

With recent innovations in remote sensing technology allowing the acquisition of ultrahigh-
resolution data over large areas, there are now unprecedented opportunities to address key …