Suitability of close-to-nature silviculture for adapting temperate European forests to climate change

P Brang, P Spathelf, JB Larsen, J Bauhus… - … Journal of Forest …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
In many parts of Europe, close-to-nature silviculture (CNS) has been widely advocated as
being the best approach for managing forests to cope with future climate change. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Silvicultural alternatives to conventional even-aged forest management-what limits global adoption?

KJ Puettmann, SMG Wilson, SC Baker, PJ Donoso… - Forest …, 2015 - Springer
Background The development of forestry as a scientific and management discipline over the
last two centuries has mainly emphasized intensive management operations focused on …

Drivers, constraints and trade-offs associated with recultivating abandoned cropland in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

P Meyfroidt, F Schierhorn, AV Prishchepov… - Global Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Further cropland expansion might be unavoidable to satisfy the growing demand for land-
based products and ecosystem services. A crucial issue is thus to assess the trade-offs …

[HTML][HTML] Young and old forest in the boreal: critical stages of ecosystem dynamics and management under global change

T Kuuluvainen, S Gauthier - Forest Ecosystems, 2018 - Springer
The circumboreal forest encompasses diverse landscape structures, dynamics and forest
age distributions determined by their physical setting, and historical and current disturbance …

Biotic disturbances in Northern Hemisphere forests–a synthesis of recent data, uncertainties and implications for forest monitoring and modelling

M Kautz, AJH Meddens, RJ Hall… - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Biotic disturbances (BD, including insects, pathogens and wildlife herbivory) can alter
forest structure and the capability of forests to deliver ecosystem services. Impact …

Challenges of ecological restoration: lessons from forests in northern Europe

P Halme, KA Allen, A Auniņš, RHW Bradshaw… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
The alarming rate of ecosystem degradation has raised the need for ecological restoration
throughout different biomes and continents. North European forests may appear as one of …

Even-aged and uneven-aged forest management in boreal Fennoscandia: a review

T Kuuluvainen, O Tahvonen, T Aakala - Ambio, 2012 - Springer
Since WWII, forest management in Fennoscandia has primarily been based on even-aged
stand management, clear cut harvesting and thinning from below. As an alternative, uneven …

[PDF][PDF] Natural forest dynamics in boreal Fennoscandia: a review and classification

T Kuuluvainen, T Aakala - Silva Fennica, 2011 - academia.edu
The aim here was to review and summarize the findings of scientific studies concerning the
types of forest dynamics which occur in natural forests (ie forests with negligible human …

Effects of natural disturbances and salvage logging on biodiversity–Lessons from the Bohemian Forest

S Thorn, C Bässler, M Svoboda, J Müller - Forest Ecology and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Severe natural disturbances are common in many forest ecosystems, particularly in the
Northern Hemisphere. Attempts to minimize their effects through forest management include …

[HTML][HTML] Representative boreal forest habitats in northern Europe, and a revised model for ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation

H Berglund, T Kuuluvainen - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
The natural range of variation of ecosystems provides reference conditions for sustainable
management and biodiversity conservation. We review how the understanding of natural …