Even-aged and uneven-aged forest management in boreal Fennoscandia: a review

T Kuuluvainen, O Tahvonen, T Aakala - Ambio, 2012 - Springer
Since WWII, forest management in Fennoscandia has primarily been based on even-aged
stand management, clear cut harvesting and thinning from below. As an alternative, uneven …

[PDF][PDF] Natural forest dynamics in boreal Fennoscandia: a review and classification

T Kuuluvainen, T Aakala - Silva Fennica, 2011 - academia.edu
The aim here was to review and summarize the findings of scientific studies concerning the
types of forest dynamics which occur in natural forests (ie forests with negligible human …

Natural disturbance regimes as a guide for sustainable forest management in Europe

R Aszalós, D Thom, T Aakala, P Angelstam… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In Europe, forest management has controlled forest dynamics to sustain commodity
production over multiple centuries. Yet over‐regulation for growth and yield diminishes …

Representative boreal forest habitats in northern Europe, and a revised model for ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation

H Berglund, T Kuuluvainen - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
The natural range of variation of ecosystems provides reference conditions for sustainable
management and biodiversity conservation. We review how the understanding of natural …

Northernmost European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus outbreak: Modelling tree mortality using remote sensing and climate data

A Trubin, P Mezei, K Zabihi, P Surový… - Forest ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acute or chronic drought stress caused by climate change can contribute to the weakening
of forest ecosystems and lead to extensive bark beetle infestations. Siberian spruce (Picea …

[PDF][PDF] More wood but less biodiversity in forests in Finland: a historical evaluation

M Mönkkönen, T Aakala, C Blattert, D Burgas, R Duflot… - 2022 - nmbu.brage.unit.no
The hundred years of forest inventories in Nordic countries provide an exceptional time
series on forest resources and their structure, allowing researchers to assess long-term …

[PDF][PDF] Variability and dynamics of old-growth forests in the circumbolear zone: implications for conservation, restoration and management

E Shorohova, D Kneeshaw, T Kuuluvainen, S Gauthier - 2011 - jukuri.luke.fi
Due to the unprecedented loss of old-growth forests to harvesting throughout circumboreal
regions an understanding of similarities and differences in old-growth dynamics is needed to …

[HTML][HTML] Deadwood on clearcut sites during 20 years after harvests: The effects of tree retention level and prescribed burning

A Nirhamo, K Hämäläinen, K Junninen… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deadwood is essential for species diversity in forests. Forest management has led to the
shortage of deadwood in managed forests and, consequently, to the decline of biodiversity …

Coarse woody debris in late-successional Picea abies forests in northern Europe: variability in quantities and models of decay class dynamics

T Aakala - Forest Ecology and Management, 2010 - Elsevier
Coarse woody debris pools and their decay class dynamics were studied in three areas of
unmanaged boreal forest in northern Finland, and in the Murmansk and Arkhangelsk …

Reprint of: North Fennoscandian mountain forests: History, composition, disturbance dynamics and the unpredictable future

T Kuuluvainen, A Hofgaard, T Aakala… - Forest Ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
North Fennoscandian mountain forests are distributed along the Scandes Mountains
between Sweden and Norway, and the low-mountain regions of northern Norway, Sweden …