Impacts of salvage logging on biodiversity: A meta‐analysis
Simon Thorn,Claus Bässler,Roland Brandl,Philip J. Burton,Rebecca E. Cahall,John Campbell,Jorge Castro,Chang-Yong Choi,Tyler P. Cobb,Daniel C. Donato,Ewa Durska,Joseph B. Fontaine,Sylvie Gauthier,Christian Hébert,Torsten Hothorn,Richard L. Hutto,Eun-Jae Lee,Alexandro B. Leverkus,David B. Lindenmayer,Martin K. Obrist,Josep Rost,Josep Rost,Sebastian Seibold,Sebastian Seibold,Rupert Seidl,Dominik Thom,Kaysandra Waldron,Beat Wermelinger,Maria-Barbara Winter,Michal Zmihorski,Jörg Müller,Jörg Müller +31 more
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The results suggest that salvage logging is not consistent with the management objectives of protected areas, and substantial changes, such as the retention of dead wood in naturally disturbed forests, are needed to support biodiversity.Abstract:
Logging to "salvage" economic returns from forests affected by natural disturbances has become increasingly prevalent globally Despite potential negative effects on biodiversity, salvage logging is often conducted, even in areas otherwise excluded from logging and reserved for nature conservation, inter alia because strategic priorities for post-disturbance management are widely lackingA review of the existing literature revealed that most studies investigating the effects of salvage logging on biodiversity have been conducted less than 5 years following natural disturbances, and focused on non-saproxylic organismsA meta-analysis across 24 species groups revealed that salvage logging significantly decreases numbers of species of eight taxonomic groups Richness of dead wood dependent taxa (ie saproxylic organisms) decreased more strongly than richness of non-saproxylic taxa In contrast, taxonomic groups typically associated with open habitats increased in the number of species after salvage loggingBy analysing 134 original species abundance matrices, we demonstrate that salvage logging significantly alters community composition in 7 of 17 species groups, particularly affecting saproxylic assemblagesSynthesis and applications Our results suggest that salvage logging is not consistent with the management objectives of protected areas Substantial changes, such as the retention of dead wood in naturally disturbed forests, are needed to support biodiversity Future research should investigate the amount and spatio-temporal distribution of retained dead wood needed to maintain all components of biodiversityread more
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