Experimental evidence on biodiversity impacts of variable retention forestry, prescribed burning, and deadwood manipulation in Fennoscandia

Abstract Intensive forest management has been applied in most Fennoscandian forests for a period of almost one felling rotation. This paradigm has produced even-aged and even-structured forests of different successional stages that cover about 90% of forest land. At the same time, wildfires have bee...

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Main Authors: Matti Koivula, Ilkka Vanha-Majamaa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-02-01
Series:Ecological Processes
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-019-0209-1