In forests where large-scale natural disturbances are essential for succession and renewal, such as the boreal forests, clear cutting is a viable method of harvesting trees.
The forest clear-cutting, burning, and pollutants associated with subsistence farming threaten animals.
Forest clear-cutting has been found to significantly increase concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in boreal first-order streams.
We investigated the effects of forest clear-cutting on snow accumulation, melt dynamics and associated stream responses in a paired catchment experiment in northern Sweden.
Previously, I researched the effects of forest clear-cutting in the Great Lakes region on birds nesting in an adjacent intact forest.
On the other hand, the replanting of vegetation that followed forest clear-cutting by logging companies had become a common practice.
Large scale (landscape level) forest clear-cutting had a negative effect on the capercaillie population – areas comprised of clearcuts of 30% reduced male lek counts by 76%.
We assessed the effectiveness of guidelines enforcing Finnish legislation aimed at preserving sites occupied by the Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans), a vulnerable species in Finland and Europee), from destruction due to forest clear-cutting practices which often target its primary habitat, mature mixed forests.
We simulate peak discharge and water level (stage) at two types of pipe bridges and one culvert, both of which are commonly used at Swedish road/stream intersections, under combined forest clear-cutting and future climate scenarios for 2050 and 2100.
Modeling the effect of forest clear-cutting with a distributed hydrological model can be used to detect hydrologic changes as an alternative to paired-catchment studies, and also to estimate the hydrologic sensitivity of a catchment to assist in forest management decisions.
Figure 7 Carbon removal from simulated forest clear-cutting and wildfires (i.e., TCREM) in GYE (a) and the wildland fires (yellow dots) and forest clear-cutting (red dots) from 2006 to 2050 (b).
