Coppice management has a long and ancient tradition in Europe, but still comprises over
14% of the forest area despite showing catastrophic declines in the past century …

With an increasing pressure on forested landscapes, conservation areas may fail to maintain
biodiversity if they are not supported by the surrounding managed forest matrix. Worldwide …

For managed temperate forests, conservationists and policymakers favour fine‐grained
uneven‐aged (UEA) management over more traditional coarse‐grained even‐aged (EA) …

According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, common indicators are needed to
monitor the loss of biodiversity and the implications for the sustainable provision of …

Coppicing, once a common type of management in European broadleaved forests, was
abandoned in many places after WWII. This form of management provided a variety of …

What maintains plant species diversity has been the subject of much debate with no general
consensus. In forest ecosystems in which understory plants account for the majority of …

Alternative strategies for stand density management in even-aged coniferous forests may
increase plant species and functional diversity. We examined the effects of fixed and …

We discuss the usefulness of the concept of Potential Natural Vegetation (PNV), which
describes the expected state of mature vegetation in the absence of human intervention. We …

Impact of skidding traffic on bulk density and penetration resistance of two sandy forest soils
was examined in Putte (the Netherlands). Different levels of compaction were applied by …

The plant community structure of European lowland forests has changed dramatically in the
twentieth century, leading to biodiversity decline at various spatial scales. However, due to …