Salvage logging of mountain birch after geometrid outbreaks: Ecological context determines management outcomes

• Published in: Forest Ecology and Management
• Main Authors: Vindstad, Ole Petter Laksforsmo, Jepsen, Jane Uhd, Klinghardt, Moritz, Ek, Malin, Ims, Rolf Anker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Basal sprout; Sapling; Herbivory; Stand recovery; Site quality; Field experiment; VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; VDP::Zoology and botany: 480; Sør-Varanger; Norway; Bugøyfjord; Luftjok; Finnmark; Subarctic; Tana; Varanger
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2456177; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.027

Outbreaks of pest insects occasionally cause mortality of entire forest stands. Salvage logging of affected stands is the most common management response to such events. Logging may aid stand recovery by increasing the production and establishment of saplings, or stimulating the production of basal...