Developing forest harvesting regimes that mimic natural forest dynamics requires
knowledge on typical species behaviors and how they respond to environmental conditions …

Abstract Effects caused by human management and natural disturbances as well as by
ecological mechanisms such as those described, for example, by the Janzen-Connell and …

Research results on the structure of European OGF are often contradictory; while some
researchers stress equilibrium structures, others suggest that this rarely happens due to …

Questions Recently there have been vital discussions about the validity of the European
patch‐mosaic conceptual model of forest dynamics–the traditional concept of a shifting …

European Union forest policy calls for closer-to-nature forest management, but natural
disturbances and forest succession are ecological phenomena that are difficult to …

Deadwood represents an important carbon stock and contributes to climate change
mitigation. Wood decomposition is mainly driven by fungal communities. Their composition …

Forest aboveground biomass is a key variable in remote sensing based forest monitoring.
Active sensor systems, such as lidar, can generate detailed canopy height products …

In the analysis of old-growth forest dynamics, the continuous process of tree aging and forest
structural change is split up into several distinct forest development stages. The criteria for …

There are limited studies of decomposition of coarse woody debris (CWD) in natural
conditions of multi-species mesic broad-leaved forests. We investigated 49 lying logs of 7 …

Background Old-growth and primeval forests are passing through a natural development
cycle with recurring stages of forest development. Several methods for assigning patches of …