In many parts of the world forest disturbance regimes have intensified recently, and future
climatic changes are expected to amplify this development further in the coming decades …

The goat willow is a short-living plant and has no severe threatening diseases in its natural
habitats. Pests are reported to result in economic loss only in biomass coppice plantations …

Aim Climate change is known to be a driver of changes in forest plant communities and to
modify disturbance regimes. We investigated whether forest gaps favoured vegetation …

Key message The forest canopy gaps, formed by natural or anthropogenic factors, have
been found to reduce soil carbon content and increase nutrient availability. The magnitudes …

Biodiversity maintenance is a key management objective and a requisite for sustainable
forestry. Research efforts on the effects of forest management on biological diversity are …

Wind disturbance is the main natural driver of forest dynamics in Central and Northern
Europe, but little is known regarding the general patterns of tree regeneration following …

Understanding the mechanisms that control vegetation development beneath canopy gaps
is of major importance for a nature-based management of European beech forests. We …

Forests canopy gaps play an important role in forest ecology by driving the forest mosaic
cycle and creating conditions for rapid plant reproduction and growth. The availability of …

Conflicting evidence of the impact of forest management on biodiversity exists, either
decreasing or increasing species richness. Variable diversity responses may result from the …

The composition of spider communities in forests is affected by habitat characteristics, such
as canopy openness, vegetation cover or tree species diversity; therefore, we assume that …