Recovery of a boreal ground‐beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) fauna 15 years after variable retention harvest

• Published in: The Journal of applied ecology Vol. 57; no. 9; pp. 1717 - 1729
• Main Authors: Wu, Linhao, He, Fangliang, Spence, John R., Fajardo, Alex
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; boreal forest; Boreal forests; Carabidae; Clearcutting; Compartments; Coniferous forests; Conifers; Deciduous forests; dispersed green‐tree retention; Ecological succession; Ecosystem management; EMEND; Environmental changes; Fauna; Forest management; Harvesting; Impact resistance; Natural disturbance; Recovery; Retention; Sustainable forestry; variable retention

Retention harvests are preferred over traditional clear‐cuts for sustainable forest management because maintenance and re‐establishment of native forest biodiversity is a priority. However, few studies have examined long‐term responses of biotic assemblages to retention harvest at particular sites....