Recent interest in using forest residues and small-diameter material for biofuels is
generating a renewed focus on harvesting impacts and forest sustainability. The rich legacy …

Interest in the utilization of forest biomass for energy is growing. A search into existing forest
biomass harvesting and regeneration guidelines was carried out to identify how biomass …

Removals of forest biomass in the northeastern US may intensify over the coming decades
due to increased demand for renewable energy. For forests to regenerate successfully …

Although dead wood and decaying trees have historically had little commercial value, their
ecological value is immense. This report reviews the scientific literature to provide the …

Forest biomass is a sustainable source of renewable energy and a valuable alternative to
finite fossil fuels. However, its overharvesting may lead to soil nutrient depletion and …

The long-held tenets of the energy sector are being rewritten in the twenty-first century. The
rise of unconventional oil and gas and of renewables is transforming our economies and …

The first objective of this paper was to provide an inventory of developments of certification
schemes for sustainable biomass production, following recent EU legislation (both …

Our objective was to determine if a retention area-based Biomass Harvesting Guideline
(BHG) strategy maintained desired volumes of downed woody debris (DWD) following …

Modeling the long-term effects of intensive forest biomass harvesting scenarios over time,
including the more complete removal of tree tops and branches, is a scientific and policy …

This study was designed as a log-scale examination of the influence that decomposing
coarse woody debris (CWD in situ for 15 y following harvesting) had on soil carbon and …