Boreal forest health and global change

S Gauthier, P Bernier, T Kuuluvainen, AZ Shvidenko… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The boreal forest, one of the largest biomes on Earth, provides ecosystem services that
benefit society at levels ranging from local to global. Currently, about two-thirds of the area …

How fire interacts with habitat loss and fragmentation

DA Driscoll, D Armenteras, AF Bennett… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity faces many threats and these can interact to produce outcomes that may not be
predicted by considering their effects in isolation. Habitat loss and fragmentation (hereafter …

Challenges for the sustainable management of the boreal forest under climate change

MM Girona, T Aakala, N Aquilué, AC Bélisle… - Boreal Forests in the …, 2023 - Springer
The increasing effects of climate and global change oblige ecosystem-based management
to adapt forestry practices to deal with uncertainties. Here we provide an overview to identify …

Edge responses are different in edges under natural versus anthropogenic influence: a meta‐analysis using ground beetles

T Magura, GL Lövei, B Tóthmérész - Ecology and evolution, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Most edges are anthropogenic in origin, but are distinguishable by their maintaining
processes (natural vs. continued anthropogenic interventions: forestry, agriculture …

Ecosystem management of the boreal forest in the era of global change

S Gauthier, T Kuuluvainen, SE Macdonald… - Boreal forests in the face …, 2023 - Springer
The boreal forest is a vast biome encompassing approximately one-third (30%) of the
world's forest area. It harbors about half of the world's remaining natural and near-natural …

[HTML][HTML] Individual tree detection and estimation of stem attributes with mobile laser scanning along boreal forest roads

R de Paula Pires, K Olofsson, HJ Persson… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The collection of field-reference data is a key task in remote sensing-based forest
inventories. However, traditional methods of collection demand extensive personnel …

[HTML][HTML] Management diversity begets biodiversity in production forest landscapes

R Duflot, L Fahrig, M Mönkkönen - Biological Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
How to manage forest for biodiversity conservation is an ongoing debate. We argue that
maximizing biodiversity in managed forest landscapes requires a diversity of forest …

[書籍][B] Boreal forests in the face of climate change: sustainable management

MM Girona, H Morin, S Gauthier, Y Bergeron - 2023 - library.oapen.org
This open access book explores a new conceptual framework for the sustainable
management of the boreal forest in the face of climate change. The boreal forest is the …

Radial growth response of black spruce stands ten years after experimental shelterwoods and seed-tree cuttings in boreal forest

M Montoro Girona, H Morin, JM Lussier, D Walsh - Forests, 2016 - mdpi.com
Partial cutting is thought to be an alternative to achieve sustainable management in boreal
forests. However, the effects of intermediate harvest intensity (45%–80%) on growth remain …

Trends in studies of edge influence on vegetation at human-created and natural forest edges across time and space

CMA Franklin, KA Harper… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Forest edges, or boundaries between adjacent ecosystems, play important ecological roles.
Both anthropogenic and natural forest edges affect vegetation while contributing to …