An estimated half of the carbon fixed by trees is transported belowground, a portion of which
is exuded into the soil where it fuels a complex belowground food web. The biological …

There is an increasing interest in implementing Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) as a tool
to mitigate negative effects of the traditional rotation forestry system on biodiversity …

The increasing effects of climate and global change oblige ecosystem-based management
to adapt forestry practices to deal with uncertainties. Here we provide an overview to identify …

The boreal forest is a vast biome encompassing approximately one-third (30%) of the
world's forest area. It harbors about half of the world's remaining natural and near-natural …

This open access book explores a new conceptual framework for the sustainable
management of the boreal forest in the face of climate change. The boreal forest is the …

Clear-cutting has been the dominant harvesting method used in boreal forest silviculture.
Reducing the potential negative effects of intensive forestry activities on ecosystems, eg, the …

Successive disturbances such as fire can affect post-disturbance regeneration density, with
documented adverse effects on subsequent stand productivity. We conducted a simulation …

Over the past two decades, partial harvesting has been increasingly used in boreal forests
as an alternative to clearcutting to promote irregular stand structures and maintain a balance …

Bark beetle disturbances are a critical event in the life cycle of Norway spruce forests.
However, our knowledge of their effects on ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF), which play a key …

Abstract Spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem)) is the main defoliator in the
boreal forest of North America, and its outbreaks have major ecological and economic …