Cost-efficiency of measures to increase the amount of coarse woody debris in managed Norway spruce forests

2005 ◽  
Vol 206 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 119-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Ranius ◽  
Hans Ekvall ◽  
Mattias Jonsson ◽  
Göran Bostedt
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Spruce Forests

scholarly journals Stand and coarse woody debris dynamics in subalpine Norway spruce forests withdrawn from regular management

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 803-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renzo Motta ◽  
Roberta Berretti ◽  
Daniele Castagneri ◽  
Emanuele Lingua ◽  
Paola Nola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Spruce Forests

Stocks and decay dynamics of above- and belowground coarse woody debris in managed Sitka spruce forests in Ireland

2011 ◽  
Vol 262 (6) ◽  
pp. 1109-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel O. Olajuyigbe ◽  
Brian Tobin ◽  
Paul Gardiner ◽  
Maarten Nieuwenhuis
Keyword(s):  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Sitka Spruce ◽  
Spruce Forests

Stock of Coarse Woody Debris in Spruce Forests of the Middle Taiga in the European North-East

2015 ◽  
Vol 344 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Bobkova ◽  
◽  
M Kuznetsov ◽  
A Osipov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Middle Taiga ◽  
Spruce Forests ◽  
North East ◽  
European North

Impacts of retention felling on coarse woody debris (CWD) in mature boreal spruce forests in Finland

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1541-1554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harri Hautala ◽  
Jyrki Jalonen ◽  
Sanna Laaka-Lindberg ◽  
Ilkka Vanha-Majamaa
Keyword(s):  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Spruce Forests

Modeling the decay of coarse woody debris in a subalpine Norway spruce forest of the West Carpathians, Poland

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Holeksa ◽  
Tomasz Zielonka ◽  
Magdalena Żywiec
Keyword(s):  
Decay Rate ◽  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Residence Time ◽  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Subalpine Forest ◽  
Residence Times ◽  
Stem Size ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Total Residence Time

Coarse woody debris (CWD) is an important structural element in forests. Its role depends on the species, size, position, and decay rate. This paper reports an attempt to determine the total residence time of CWD across all decay classes and also within successive decay classes. We simulated the process of CWD decomposition for stem size and position (snags versus logs), using matrices of the transition of CWD between decay classes. The study was based on a sample of 2785 Norway spruce snags and logs measured twice over a 10  year period in a Carpathian subalpine forest. The revealed pattern of decomposition depended highly on CWD size. When log numbers were considered, the mean total residence time increased from 71 years for small logs (diameter < 23 cm) to 90 years for medium-sized logs (23–35 cm), and to 113 years for large logs (>35 cm). In terms of volume, the mean total residence times of logs were 47, 49, and 63 years for the three diameter categories. Still shorter were the mean total residence times for log mass: 34, 41, and 41 years for the three diameter categories. The pattern of decomposition depended highly on the CWD attributes taken into consideration. The differences in decay rate between log diameter categories are considerable when the number of logs is taken into account, but they practically vanish when log mass is considered.

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