Deadwood enrichment in Fennoscandian spruce forests – New results from the EVO experiment

• Main Authors: Shorohova, Ekaterina, Lindberg, Henrik, Kuuluvainen, Timo, Vanha-Majamaa, Ilkka
• Other Authors: Department of Forest Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Boreal forest dynamics and biodiversity research group, Forest Ecology and Management
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Scientific Publ. Co 2024
• Subjects: Coarse woody debris; Decay; Decomposition; Diversity; Fire; Habitat management; Nature-based forest management; Rehabilitation; Restoration; Variable retention; Ecology; evolutionary biology; Forestry; Deadwood; Norway; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/576607

In Fennoscandian forests, evidence on the effects of variable tree retention, prescribed burning and deadwood creation on deadwood quantity and quality is still scarce. We studied the effects of prescribed burning, tree retention and downed wood creation on the deadwood profile in managed boreal Nor...