Effect of forest stand management on species composition, structural diversity, and productivity in the temperate zone of Europe

J Dieler, E Uhl, P Biber, J Müller, T Rötzer… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Forests in Central Europe have been used since centuries and were systematically
changed by silvicultural practices since the late 1700s. Focusing on possible biodiversity …

[HTML][HTML] What does literature tell us about the relationship between forest structural attributes and species richness in temperate forests?–A review

L Zeller, A Förster, C Keye, P Meyer, C Roschak… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The effects of forest management on species richness and diversity have become important
research interests. The need to maintain biodiversity for forest ecosystem functioning has led …

Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

S Seibold, MM Gossner, NK Simons, N Blüthgen… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Recent reports of local extinctions of arthropod species, and of massive declines in
arthropod biomass, point to land-use intensification as a major driver of decreasing …

Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes

DC Zemp, N Guerrero-Ramirez, F Brambach, K Darras… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract In the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, large knowledge gaps
persist on how to increase biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in cash crop-dominated …

Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity

M Neyret, S Peter, G Le Provost, S Boch… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Increasing pressure on land resources necessitates landscape management strategies that
simultaneously deliver multiple benefits to numerous stakeholder groups with competing …

Insect decline in forests depends on species' traits and may be mitigated by management

M Staab, MM Gossner, NK Simons, R Achury… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Insects are declining, but the underlying drivers and differences in responses between
species are still largely unclear. Despite the importance of forests, insect trends therein have …

Biodiversity along temperate forest succession

T Hilmers, N Friess, C Bässler… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The successional dynamics of forests—from canopy openings to regeneration, maturation,
and decay—influence the amount and heterogeneity of resources available for forest …

Retention as an integrated biodiversity conservation approach for continuous-cover forestry in Europe

L Gustafsson, J Bauhus, T Asbeck, ALD Augustynczik… - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
Retention forestry implies that biological legacies like dead and living trees are deliberately
selected and retained beyond harvesting cycles to benefit biodiversity and ecosystem …

Do bark beetle outbreaks amplify or dampen future bark beetle disturbances in Central Europe?

A Sommerfeld, W Rammer, M Heurich… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bark beetle outbreaks have intensified in many forests around the globe in recent years. Yet,
the legacy of these disturbances for future forest development remains unclear. Bark beetle …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental drivers of forest biodiversity in temperate mixed forests–A multi-taxon approach

F Tinya, B Kovács, A Bidló, B Dima, I Király… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Harmonization of timber production and forest conservation is a major challenge of modern
silviculture. For the establishment of ecologically sustainable forest management, the …