Forest soils can suffer from various threats, some of which are human induced. Although
mechanized harvesting allows for high productivity, it may also seriously damage forest …

Concerns about climate change and the desire to develop a domestic, renewable energy
source are increasing the interest in forest biomass extraction, especially in the form of …

Forest ecosystems have integral roles in climate stability, biodiversity and economic
development. Soil stewardship is essential for sustainable forest management. Organic …

Logging disturbances in boreal forest watersheds can alter biogeochemical processes in
soils by changing forest composition, plant uptake rates, soil conditions, moisture and …

Background This study investigated the variation of soil organic carbon in four land cover
types: natural and mixed forest, cultivated land, Eucalyptus plantation and open bush land …

Effective forest governance measures are crucial to ensure sustainable management of
forests, but so far there has been little specific focus in boreal and northern temperate forests …

Disturbances caused by timber harvesting have critical long‐term effects on the forest soil
microbiota and alter fundamental ecosystem services provided by these communities. This …

We examined 10th year above-ground planted tree and total stand biomass, and planted
tree foliar N and P concentrations across gradients in soil disturbance at 45 North American …

The increased removal of biomass from the forest sites with whole-tree harvesting has
raised concern over the sustainability of site productivity. In this study, the results from eighty …

We examined fifth-year seedling response to soil disturbance and vegetation control at 42
experimental locations representing 25 replicated studies within the North American Long …