A5045831879- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Potato Plant Research
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Forest ecology and management
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Plant and animal studies
- Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management
- Fire effects on ecosystems
University of Tartu
2016-2025
Estonian University of Life Sciences
2008
Eesti Reumatoloogia Selts
2006
The majority of the world's forests are used for multiple purposes, which often include potentially conflicting goals timber production and biodiversity conservation. A scientifically validated management approach that can reduce such conflicts is retention forestry, an modeled on natural processes, emerged in last 25 years as alternative to clearcutting. portion original stand left unlogged maintain continuity structural compositional diversity. We detail forestry's ecological role, review...
Abstract Approximately 85% of the global forest estate is neither formally protected nor in areas dedicated to intensive wood production (e.g., plantations). Given spatial extent unprotected forests, finding management approaches that will sustain their multiple environmental, economic, and cultural values prevent conversion other uses imperative. The major challenge native further demonstrated by ongoing steep declines biodiversity carbon stocks. Here, we suggest an essential part such...
Abstract Background The biodiversity of forests set aside from forestry is often considered best preserved by non-intervention. In many protected forests, however, remaining values are legacies past disturbances, e.g. recurring fires, grazing or small-scale felling. These may need active management to keep the characteristics that were reason for setting them aside. Such can be particularly relevant where lost ecological restored. this review, we identified studies on a variety interventions...
Creating ditches to drain forests improve timber production is often overlooked as an ecosystem modifier; the practice commonplace and not easy see, it changes slowly. However, a closer look reveals complex of feedback-regulated, largely indirect, wide-ranging impacts changed hydrology on biodiversity. Our synthesis those fragmentarily studied highlights frequent formation unprecedented biotic assemblages with unclear long-term prospects consequences for functioning. We present...
Abstract Fungal diversity drives key processes in terrestrial ecosystems, but remains challenging to measure the field and monitor over time. In particular, we lack methods capable of describing both regional biotas fungal related conservation values, such as habitats for rare threatened fungi. Environmental DNA (eDNA) could serve this purpose, once its validity capture assemblage properties is established. Using three approaches (full‐season eDNA sampling from air, snapshot visual surveys,...
Abstract Ericaceous dwarf shrubs comprise a key component of the vegetation in several types northern peatlands. Widespread draining peatlands is known to favour forest species (such as Vaccinium myrtillus and vitis-idaea) over mire Andromeda polifolia oxycoccos), but it unclear what extent such assemblage shifts should form target for ecological restoration. In this paper, we analyse performance eight co-occurring shrub large-scale restoration experiment Scots pine-dominated wetlands that...
Polyporous fungi, a morphologically delineated group of Agaricomycetes (Basidiomycota), are considered well studied in Europe and used as model ecological studies for conservation. Such broad interest, including widespread sampling DNA based taxonomic revisions, is rapidly transforming our basic understanding polypore diversity natural history. We integrated over 40,000 historical modern records polypores Estonia (hemiboreal Europe), revealing 227 species, Polyporus submelanopus P. ulleungus...
Forests host most terrestrial biodiversity and their sustainable management is crucial to halt loss. Although scientific evidence indicates that forest (SFM) should be assessed by monitoring multi-taxon biodiversity, current SFM criteria indicators account only for trees or consider indirect proxies. Several projects performed sampling investigate the effects of on but large variability approaches hampers identification general trends, limits broad-scale inference designing SFM. Here we...
Most European forests are used for timber production. Given the limited extent of unmanaged (and especially primary) forests, it is essential to include commercial in conservation forest biodiversity. In order develop ecologically sustainable management practices, important understand impacts on forest-dwelling organisms. Experiments allow testing effects alternative strategies, and monitoring multiple taxa informs us response range across To provide a representative picture currently...