Concerns about climate change and the desire to develop a domestic, renewable energy
source are increasing the interest in forest biomass extraction, especially in the form of …

Logging disturbances in boreal forest watersheds can alter biogeochemical processes in
soils by changing forest composition, plant uptake rates, soil conditions, moisture and …

Effective forest governance measures are crucial to ensure sustainable management of
forests, but so far there has been little specific focus in boreal and northern temperate forests …

There are concerns about the effect of increasing resource extraction and other human
activities on the soils and vegetation of the boreal zone. The review covers published papers …

The increased removal of biomass from the forest sites with whole-tree harvesting has
raised concern over the sustainability of site productivity. In this study, the results from eighty …

Logging residue and cut stumps are increasingly used as a renewable energy source
known as forest fuel. Forest fuel harvesting obviously reduces the volume of dead wood and …

Harvest residue retention or removal can influence soil carbon (C) sequestration during
forest management. Many studies have explored the factors that affect the direction and …

Increased demand for forest-derived biomass has resulted in changes in harvest intensities
in Finland. Conventional stem-only harvest (SOH) has to some extent been replaced with …

A Mg isotope study of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) in a field site in southern
Québec, Canada, and seedlings grown in sterile soil substrate in the laboratory, both …

The practice of harvesting forest residues is rapidly increasing due to rising demand for
renewable energy. However, major concerns have been raised about the sustainability of …