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1. Debarking intensity of European bison in the Bieszczady Mountains in relation to forest habitat features

Author:
Angelika Nieszała; Daniel Klich; Kajetan Perzanowski; Maciej Januszczak; Aleksandra Wołoszyn-Gałęza; Wanda Olech
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2022 v.508 pp. 120057
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Abies alba; Bison bonasus; Picea abies; administrative management; bark; biodiversity; canopy; forest habitats; forest stands; forests; home range; probability; spring; tree age; trees; ungulates; winter
Abstract:
... The damage to trees that is caused by ungulate species is a natural result of their presence in ecosystems. High densities of ungulates may have a negative effect on biodiversity and the regeneration and survival of trees. The aim of this study was to identify the factors that affect the probability of the occurrence of damage in forest stands as a result of the presence of European bison (Bison b ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120057

2. Effects of long-term low intensity silviculture and habitat on birds in Nothofagus antarctica forests of south Patagonia

Author:
Julieta Benitez; Marcelo D. Barrera; Francisco J. Sola; Ana P. Blazina; Guillermo J. Martínez Pastur; Pablo L. Peri; María V. Lencinas
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2022 v.516 pp. 120254
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Hymenoptera; Nothofagus antarctica; administrative management; birds; canopy; community structure; correspondence analysis; food availability; forest habitats; forests; long term effects; overstory; shrubs; silviculture; species richness; understory; Argentina
Abstract:
... Low intensity silviculture has been used to decrease the impact of forest harvesting, for example, on bird species and structural diversity. The objective of this work was to analyse the long-term effect of thinning on bird communities of Nothofagus antarctica forests in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina), compared with unthinned forests at two different locations. Thinning was performed 15 and 50 years ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120254

3. Impact of forest stand development on long-term changes in the herb layer of semi-natural Carpathian beech forests

Author:
Tomasz Durak; Anna Bugno-Pogoda; Roma Durak
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2022 v.518 pp. 120233
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Fagus; administrative management; biodiversity conservation; botanical composition; conservation status; data collection; forest habitats; forest inventory; forest stands; forestry development; forests; ground vegetation; stand development; tree height; trees; Carpathian region
Abstract:
... The distinction of changes in herb layer communities related to the dynamics of the forest stand and / or the regimes of forest management from that managed by random or non-random, global environmental disturbance, would allow for more precise recognition, and counteracting the effects of contemporary threats. In this work, we integrated databases of long-term vegetation records from tree researc ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120233

4. Windstorm effects on herbaceous vegetation in temperate forest ecosystems: Changes in plant functional diversity and species trait values along a disturbance severity gradient

Author:
Cecilia Cacciatori; Giovanni Bacaro; Ewa Chećko; Jakub Zaremba; Jerzy Szwagrzyk
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2022 v.505 pp. 119799
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
administrative management; forest habitats; functional diversity; herbaceous plants; species richness; swamps; temperate forests; understory; wind; woodlands; Poland
Abstract:
... Catastrophic wind disturbance affects not only forest structure and regeneration, but also functional and compositional dynamics of the herbaceous layer. However, the issue of changes in functional diversity and functional trait values of the understory layer in response to wind disturbance has not been addressed so far. This study aims at investigating the patterns of variations in functional div ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119799

5. Bat responses to silviculture treatments: Activity over 13 years of regeneration

Author:
Daniel W. Wright; Chadwick D. Rittenhouse; Katherine Moran; Thomas E. Worthley; Tracy A.G. Rittenhouse
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2021 v.494 pp. 119359
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Chiroptera; acoustics; administrative management; forest habitats; forest management; forests; landscapes; silviculture; wildlife
Abstract:
... Using silviculture treatments as a tool to create habitat for wildlife is a common practice in wildlife conservation and natural resource management. Although diverse forest age structures and composition benefit many wildlife species, relatively little is known about bat response to young forest habitat. Understanding how the activity of bats changes as young forests age, and the influence of lan ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119359

6. Contrasting responses of habitat conditions and insect biodiversity to pest- or climate-induced dieback in coniferous mountain forests

Author:
Jérémy Cours; Laurent Larrieu; Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde; Jörg Müller; Guillem Parmain; Simon Thorn; Christophe Bouget
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2021 v.482 pp. 118811
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Abies alba; Ips typographus; Picea abies; administrative management; bark; canopy; climatic factors; dieback; forest dynamics; forest habitats; insects; species richness; Germany
Abstract:
... Natural disturbances are major drivers of forest dynamics. However, in the current context of anthropogenic global warming, shifts in disturbance regimes are expected. Natural disturbances usually leave biological or structural legacies which are important for early-successional species. Nevertheless, these legacies are usually eliminated by forest managers through salvage logging. Here, we invest ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118811

7. Edge effects in forest patches surrounded by native grassland are also dependent on patch size and shape

Author:
Lucas Deziderio Santana; Jamir A. Prado-Junior; José Hugo C. Ribeiro; Miriana Araújo S. Ribeiro; Kelly Marianne G. Pereira; Kelly Antunes; Fabrício Alvim Carvalho; Eduardo van den Berg
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2021 v.482 pp. 118842
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
aboveground biomass; administrative management; clay; data collection; edge effects; forest habitats; grasslands; habitat destruction; organic matter; phosphorus; sand; silt; species richness; trees; tropical montane cloud forests; Brazil
Abstract:
... Our knowledge of biodiversity responses to fragmentation comes from human-driven fragmentation processes. However, evaluating forest patches with natural edge can produce useful models to understand how the micro-environmental gradient between forest edge and interior shapes the plant communities, regardless habitat loss. Here, we tested how forest edges and interiors differ in soil characteristic ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118842

8. Hazel dormouse in managed woodland select for young, dense, and species-rich tree stands

Author:
Rasmus Mohr Mortensen; Michelle Fyrstelin Fuller; Lars Dalby; Thomas Bjørneboe Berg; Peter Sunde
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2022 v.519 pp. 120348
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Muscardinus avellanarius; administrative management; body weight; energy expenditure; forest habitats; habitat fragmentation; home range; nests; probability; radio frequency identification; species richness; trees; woodlands; Denmark
Abstract:
... In fragmented forest landscapes, population persistence of arboreal species with limited dispersal ability may strongly depend on the quality of the remaining forest habitat. Using the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) as a model species, we studied habitat selection at two spatial scales (home range and within home range) in intensely managed woodlands at its northern distributional range ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120348

9. Long-term occupancy dynamics of the threatened Cheat Mountain salamander and its competitors in relation to linear habitat fragmentation

Author:
Lacy E. Rucker; Donald J. Brown; Mark B. Watson; Thomas K. Pauley
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2022 v.505 pp. 119847
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Plethodon cinereus; administrative management; altitude; climate; extinction; forest habitats; forests; habitat destruction; habitat fragmentation; interspecific competition; probability; salamanders and newts; solar radiation; viability; West Virginia
Abstract:
... Amphibians are declining globally and while many factors are contributing to this decline, habitat loss and degradation caused by climate and land use changes are among the most critical. Habitat degradation and increased interspecific competition are both concerns for long-term viability of the federally-threatened Cheat Mountain salamander (Plethodon nettingi) which is endemic to high elevations ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119847

10. The snag’s the limit: Habitat selection modeling for the western purple martin in a managed forest landscape

Author:
Lorelle Sherman; Joan Hagar
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2021 v.480 pp. 118689
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Oregon; administrative management; birds; forest habitats; habitat preferences; highlands; insectivores; landscapes; life history; nests
Abstract:
... The western purple martin (Progne subis arboricola), an avian insectivore, is a species of conservation concern throughout the Pacific Northwest. Compared to the well-studied eastern subspecies (Progne subis subis), little is known of the life history and biology of the western subspecies. Availability of breeding habitat is believed to be a major limiting factor for western purple martins in fore ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118689

11. Assessing the conservation status of EU forest habitats: The case of Quercus suber woodlands

Author:
Claudia Angiolini; Bruno Foggi; Simona Sarmati; Antonio Gabellini; Matilde Gennai; Paolo Castagnini; Michele Mugnai; Daniele Viciani; Emanuele Fanfarillo; Simona Maccherini
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2021 v.496 pp. 119432
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
European Union; Quercus suber; conservation status; forest habitats; forests; indicator species; overstory; species diversity; trees; understory; Italy
Abstract:
... In the European Union (EU), there is an urgent need to define a specific and standardized monitoring strategy for Habitat Directive (HD) forest habitats, like Quercus suber woodlands (EU habitat 9330). Such forests are an important component of western Mediterranean landscapes. In Italy, they are undergoing a relevant regression due to the decline of traditional management. Here, we tested the eff ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119432

12. Conserving woodland butterflies in managed forests: Both local and landscape factors matter

Author:
Mari-Liis Viljur; Anu Tiitsaar; Mark Gimbutas; Ants Kaasik; Daniel Valdma; Erki Õunap; Toomas Tammaru; Tiit Teder
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2020 v.462 pp. 118002
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
biodiversity conservation; butterflies; clearcutting; fauna; forest habitats; forest types; landscapes; pH; soil quality; soil water; species richness; surveys; temperate forests; timber production; Estonia; Northern European region
Abstract:
... The conservation of forest biodiversity is increasingly relying on forest landscapes managed for timber production. A precondition for successful biodiversity conservation in intensively managed landscapes is a good understanding of habitat- and landscape-level drivers of species diversity. In this study, we investigated the effects of habitat characteristics and landscape context on the species r ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118002

13. DNA meta-barcoding revealed that sika deer foraging strategies vary with season in a forest with degraded understory vegetation

Author:
Naoyuki Nakahama; Tomohiro Furuta; Haruko Ando; Suzuki Setsuko; Atsushi Takayanagi; Yuji Isagi
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2021 v.484 pp. 118637
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Cervus nippon; DNA; Japan; administrative management; autumn; biomass; databases; deer; forest habitats; forest litter; forests; population density; summer; temperate zones; understory; winter
Abstract:
... Overbrowsing by the explosively increasing deer has a huge impact on forest vegetation in the temperate zone. Although it was expected that, over the years, the decline of forest floor vegetation would lead to a decrease in deer population, such a decline has not been observed. A dietary analysis of deer is necessary to establish the survival mechanisms of deer populations in forests with degraded ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118637

14. Dwindling coppice woods in Central Europe – Disappearing natural and cultural heritage

Author:
Tomáš Slach; Daniel Volařík; Petr Maděra
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2021 v.501 pp. 119687
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
administrative management; coppicing; cultural heritage; face; forest habitats; forest management; forests; woodlands; Central European region; Czech Republic
Abstract:
... Coppicing has gradually declined in recent decades in many European countries after centuries of upswing. Although the abandonment of this traditional forest management method was forced by changes in social and economic conditions and is rational, it results in losses of many natural and cultural-historical values. Due to the speed of the decline, it is an appropriate time to appraise ancient cop ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119687

15. Patterns and drivers of deadwood quantity and variation in mid-latitude deciduous forests

Author:
Veronika Öder; Any Mary Petritan; Jenny Schellenberg; Erwin Bergmeier; Helge Walentowski
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2021 v.487 pp. 118977
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Fagus sylvatica; Quercus cerris; Quercus frainetto; Quercus petraea; Tilia tomentosa; administrative management; altitude; biodiversity conservation; dead wood; forest habitats; latitude; prediction; species diversity; temperature; tree mortality; trees; Romania
Abstract:
... Deadwood is a fundamental forest habitat component and highly important for biodiversity conservation. Its availability, composition, size, categories and distribution depend on various structural and environmental factors (e.g., forest age, management, tree mortality, climate, decomposition). We analysed deadwood patterns along altitudinal gradients of managed (three) and unmanaged (one) deciduou ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2021.118977

16. Tissue type and location within forest together regulate decay trajectories of Abies faxoniana logs at early and mid-decay stage

Author:
Chenhui Chang; Zhuang Wang; Bo Tan; Jun Li; Rui Cao; Qin Wang; Wanqin Yang; James T. Weedon; Johannes H.C. Cornelissen
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2020 v.475 pp. 118411
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Abies fargesii var. faxoniana; administrative management; bark; canopy gaps; carbon; chemical composition; dead wood; forest habitats; forest litter; forests; global carbon budget; heartwood; models; pH; sapwood; wood; China
Abstract:
... Deadwood decomposition plays a crucial role in global carbon and nutrient cycles. Factors controlling deadwood decomposition at local scales could also have strong effects at broader scales. We tested how trait variation within stems (i.e. tissue types) and forest habitat heterogeneity (i.e. location within forest) together influence the deadwood decay trajectory and decay rate. We conducted an in ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118411

17. Active management promotes plant diversity in lowland forests: A landscape-scale experiment with two types of clearings

Author:
Vojtěch Lanta; Ondřej Mudrák; Pierre Liancourt; Michael Bartoš; Zuzana Chlumská; Miroslav Dvorský; Zuzana Pusztaiová; Zuzana Münzbergová; Pavel Sebek; Lukáš Čížek; Jiří Doležal
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.448 pp. 94-103
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
buried seeds; canopy; cutting; edge effects; forest habitats; forestry; landscapes; lowland forests; mature plants; meadows; plant competition; rivers; shade tolerance; species richness; threatened species; trees; trophic levels; wind; woodlands; Central European region
Abstract:
... Forestry intensification in Central European lowland forests leads to a substantial increase in canopy closure, which causes biodiversity decline and functional homogenization across multiple trophic levels. Small-scale canopy interventions such as local clearings with few left-over adult trees are proposed to halt such a decline but the outcomes can be highly scale- and site-dependent. Here two t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.05.073

18. How long are thinning-induced resource pulses maintained in plantation forests?

Author:
Franck Gandiaga; Gaétan Moreau
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 pp. -
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Coleoptera; Picea; flight; forest habitats; forest plantations; fungi; fungivores; insect communities; necromass; residual effects; species richness
Abstract:
... Despite the critical role of pulsed resources on the dynamics and conservation of several forest-dwelling species, the transition between the period when the effects of a thinning-induced resource pulse are maximal and the period when only residual effects remain has yet to be documented in forest habitats. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of a transition period after a woody necromas ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.02.032

19. Microbial hotspot areas of C and N cycles in old-growth Hyrcanian forests top soils

Author:
Yahya Kooch; Negar Moghimian; Steffen Kolb
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.446 pp. 93-104
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Fagus sylvatica subsp. orientalis; Nematoda; canopy gaps; carbon; carbon nitrogen ratio; catenas; deciduous forests; earthworms; electrical conductivity; enzyme activity; forest habitats; greenhouse gas emissions; landforms; microbial activity; microbial biomass; nitrogen; nutrient availability; old-growth forests; organic matter; pH; principal component analysis; soil density; soil microorganisms; soil water; stand characteristics; terrestrial ecosystems; trees; variance; Iran
Abstract:
... Microbial activity of top soils is directly linked with carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) turnover in terrestrial ecosystems, and thus is an indicator to identify hot spot areas of C and N cycling in forest habitats. The Hyrcanian forests are one of the last remnants of natural deciduous forests in the world and Oriental Beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) is one of the most abundant tree species of these f ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.05.022

20. Persistence of a keystone microhabitat in boreal forests: Cavities of Eurasian Three-toed Woodpeckers (Picoides tridactylus)

Author:
Alwin A. Hardenbol; Timo Pakkala; Jari Kouki
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.450 pp. 117530
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Picoides tridactylus; Populus tremula; biodiversity; boreal forests; dead wood; forest habitats; logging; longevity; microhabitats; nests; territoriality; tree and stand measurements; tree cavities; trees; woodpeckers; Finland
Abstract:
... Tree cavities are microhabitats used by multiple taxa and are considered indicators of forest biodiversity. The factors that affect cavity occurrence and its dynamics are poorly known. We studied tree- and stand-level factors that affect cavity persistence in boreal forests. Cavities of Eurasian Three-toed Woodpeckers (Picoides tridactylus) (n = 654) were surveyed in a 170 km2 area in southern Fin ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117530