To what extent does surrounding landscape explain stand-level occurrence of conservation-relevant species in fragmented boreal and hemi-boreal forest?–a systematic review protocol

• Published in: Environmental Evidence
• Main Authors: Malin Undin, Anita Atrena, Fredrik Carlsson, Mattias Edman, Bengt Gunnar Jonsson, Jennie Sandström
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Continuity; Deadwood-dependent species; Deforestation; Habitat loss; Indicator species; Isolation; Landscape configuration; Red-listed species; Taiga; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Deadwood; taiga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-022-00287-7; https://doaj.org/article/cc12800f36a14f4787e1009b29c3d3e4

Abstract Background Silviculture and land-use change has reduced the amount of natural forest worldwide and left what remains confined to isolated fragments or stands. To understand processes governing species occurrence in such stands, much attention has been given to stand-level factors such as si...