ARE WOODLAND KEY HABITATS BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS IN BOREAL FORESTS? Systematic Review

• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Fennoscandian
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.369.439; http://www.environmentalevidence.org/Documents/Completed_Reviews/SR81.pdf

Evidence: www.environmentalevidence.org/SR81.html. Summary 1. Background The concept of Woodland Key Habitats (WKH, small-scaled presumed hotspots of biodiversity) has become an essential component of forest management in Fennoscandian and Baltic countries. There have been debates over the importance of WKHs in relation to production forests, and several research projects have focused on differences in biodiversity between the two. Results have been contradictory, and thus there is a need to summarize and clarify the existing knowledge. 1. Objectives Our objective was to summarize knowledge on comparisons of several biodiversity qualities between WKHs and production forests in relevant countries i.e. the countries where WKH concept has been implemented. We also summarize the knowledge on the impact of edge effects on WKHs by comparing WKHs surrounded by mature forests to WKHs surrounded by clear cuts. 2. Methods We conducted searches in multiple databases and in Google Scholar after the keyword