Forest Damage

Abstract

 Heterobasidion root and butt rot pose a greater risk in continuous cover forestry (CCF) than in rotation forestry (RF) in conifer-dominated forests, regardless of whether selective, gap or shelterwood cutting is used.

Damage from wind, snow, spruce bark beetle, and large pine weevil are likely to be less severe in CCF than in RF. However, the conversion of RF to CCF may briefly expose stands to windthrow.

Browsing by large herbivores on saplings may limit regeneration of tree species other than spruce in continuous cover forestry and reduce tree species diversity, but alternative silvicultural practices may also increase forage availability in the field and shrub layer. Browsing damage outcomes for saplings in CCF are difficult to predict.

For many types of damage in CCF, substantial knowledge gaps complicate the assessment of damage risk.

Keywords

Abiotic damage; Heterobasidion root rot; Forest disease; European spruce bark beetle; Cervid damage

Published in

Managing Forest Ecosystems
2024, number: 45, pages: 221-241
Title: Continuous Cover Forestry in Boreal Nordic Countries
Publisher: Springer

SLU Authors

• Elfstrand, Malin

  • Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Hekkala, Anne-Maarit

  • Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Klapwijk, Maartje

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Rönnberg, Jonas

  • Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Widemo, Fredrik

  • Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70484-0_12
• ISBN: 978-3-031-70483-3
• eISBN: 978-3-031-70484-0

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