Ecosystem services (ES) are the benefits that people receive from ecosystems.
Understanding the impact of forest management on their supply can inform policy and …

Stand-level retention is an important component of sustainable forest management which
aims to balance ecological, social and economic objectives. Long-term retention of mature …

Forests are complex adaptive systems in which properties at higher levels emerge from
localized networks of many entities interacting at lower levels, allowing the development of …

Microclimatic forest influence (edge effects into open or regenerating areas) occurs within
harvested forest, but the depth and magnitude may change depending on the design of the …

There is an increased species richness and species diversity at the edges of forest-
grassland mosaics. Taxonomic diversity, however, provides little information on the function …

Renaturalization treatment in black pine afforestation is an important topic that should be
considered. There is a need to favor the evolution of artificial pine forests toward natural …

Timber harvest can adversely affect forest biota. Recent research and application suggest
that retention of mature forest elements (retention forestry), including unharvested patches …

This study is one of several investigating the biological effects of silvicultural systems at the
Montane Alternative Silvicultural Systems (MASS) project located on Vancouver Island in …

Felled trees with tops and branches are transported to the landing with a grapple skidder in
conventional ground-based whole-tree (WT) harvesting. This method has greater potential …

Retention forestry is widely used for reducing the negative biodiversity impacts of forest
management. Its effectiveness depends, however, on the post-harvest dynamics of the …