Salvage logging in the world's forests: Interactions between natural disturbance and logging need recognition

• Published in: Global ecology and biogeography Vol. 27; no. 9/10; pp. 1140 - 1154
• Main Authors: Leverkus, Alexandro B., Lindenmayer, David B., Thorn, Simon, Gustafsson, Lena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.10.2018; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: antagonism; anthropogenic activities; Anthropogenic factors; cascading effect; Chains; clearcutting; compounded disturbances; Concept Papers; disturbance driver; Disturbances; Ecological effects; Ecology; Ekologi; empirical research; forest damage; Forest management; Forest Science; Forests; insect outbreaks; issues and policy; linked disturbances; Logging; multiple disturbances; Natural disturbance; Outbreaks; Pest outbreaks; post‐disturbance management; Salvage; salvage harvesting; salvage logging; Shape recognition; Skogsvetenskap; Small mammals; synergism; systematic review; Wildfires

Aim: Large disturbances increasingly shape the world's forests. Concomitantly, increasing amounts of forest are subject to salvage logging. Understanding and managing the world's forests thus increasingly hinges upon understanding the combined effects of natural disturbance and logging dis...