For what, when, and where is green-tree retention better than clear-cutting? A review of the biodiversity aspects

R Rosenvald, A Lõhmus - Forest Ecology and Management, 2008 - Elsevier
Green-tree retention cutting (GTR) is a modification of traditional clear-cutting, aimed at
better consideration of biodiversity. We reviewed 214 North American and European studies …

Importance of mixedwoods for biodiversity conservation: Evidence for understory plants, songbirds, soil fauna, and ectomycorrhizae in northern forests

X Cavard, SE Macdonald, Y Bergeron… - Environmental …, 2011 - cdnsciencepub.com
Increasing environmental concerns with forestry have led to mounting interest in mixedwood
management as a possible strategy to achieve a diversity of ecological and productivity …

Assessing the effects of initial soil characteristics, machine mass and traffic intensity on forest soil compaction

E Ampoorter, L Van Nevel, B De Vos, M Hermy… - Forest Ecology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
An extensive field trial was set up in eight forest stands to examine the influence of soil
texture (two stands on sand, four on loam to silt loam, two on clay), machine mass (light …

Forest floor microbial communities in relation to stand composition and timber harvesting in northern Alberta

KD Hannam, SA Quideau, BE Kishchuk - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
With the growing interest in silvicultural techniques that more closely emulate natural
disturbance regimes, there is a need to better understand how partial harvesting affects the …

The Berger–Parker index as an effective tool for monitoring the biodiversity of disturbed soils: a case study on Mediterranean oribatid (Acari: Oribatida) assemblages

T Caruso, G Pigino, F Bernini, R Bargagli… - … and conservation in …, 2008 - Springer
Recent data on oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) indicates that Mediterranean soil
communities tend to show uneven patterns of species abundance distribution (SAD) that are …

Dynamics of soil meso-and macrofauna during a 5-year period after clear-cut burning in a boreal forest

A Malmström, T Persson, K Ahlström, KB Gongalsky… - Applied Soil …, 2009 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine effects of clear-cutting and prescribed clear-cut
burning on the abundance and diversity of soil meso-and macrofauna during the early (0–5 …

A comparison of microarthropod assemblages with emphasis on oribatid mites in canopy suspended soils and forest floors associated with ancient western redcedar …

Z Lindo, NN Winchester - Pedobiologia, 2006 - Elsevier
Microarthropod abundance, oribatid mite species richness and community composition were
assessed in the high canopy (ca. 35m) of an ancient temperate rainforest and compared …

[图书][B] Oribatid Mites: Biodiversity, Taxonomy and Ecology

V Behan-Pelletier, Z Lindo - 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Oribatid mites, also called beetle or moss mites, include more than 10,000 named species
representing 172 families worldwide. This book provides an identification key to the 96 …

Effects of skidder passes and slope on soil disturbance in two soil water contents

R Naghdi, A Solgi - Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering: Journal for …, 2014 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Skidding operations induce changes in soil physical properties, which have the
potential to impact soil sustainability and forest productivity. Our objective was to investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Regional factors rather than forest type drive the community structure of soil living oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida)

G Erdmann, S Scheu, M Maraun - Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2012 - Springer
Most European forests are managed by humans. However, the manner and intensity of
management vary. While the effect of forest management on above-ground communities has …