a systematic review protocol
Leverkus, Alexandro B and Gustafsson, Lena and Rey Benayas, José María and Castro, Jorge
(2015).
Does post-disturbance salvage logging affect the provision of ecosystem services?
Environmental Evidence. 4
, 1-7
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Abstract
Background: Forest fires, insect outbreaks, and windstorms are common forest disturbances that are expected to increase in importance in coming decades. Post-disturbance management often involves salvage logging, i.e. the felling and removal of the affected trees. However, harvesting these biological legacies may represent a second disturbance whose effects on ecosystem processes add on those of the initial disturbance. Many of the potentially affected processes, such as soil erosion and stream water quality, represent regulating and supporting ecosystem services important for human society. In the last 15years, much empirical evidence has been gathered on the ecological consequences of this management practice, and it has now become necessary to synthesise this evidence in meaningful ways for managers and decision-makers.
Methods: With this systematic review we aim to synthesise the literature on the effects of salvage logging on ecosystem services and determine the effects of major effect modifiers such as disturbance type and intensity, the timing and method of logging, and the type of forest. We will conduct searches of the primary scientific literature, which will be selected and categorised according to its relevance to the topic and its quality. Each relevant article will be read in full to obtain the necessary data for meta-analysis and to identify its main conclusions. Mixed-effects models will be performed to assess the effects of the identified effect modifiers on the effect sizes of the salvage intervention on ecosystem services and to account for random effects arising from studies being performed in the same area. Sensitivity analyses will test the potential effects of study quality, and publication bias will be assessed with the trim and fill method. We will present the results as a narrative review and a meta-analysis.
Authors/Creators: | Leverkus, Alexandro B and Gustafsson, Lena and Rey Benayas, José María and Castro, Jorge | ||||
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Title: | Does post-disturbance salvage logging affect the provision of ecosystem services? | ||||
Subtitle: | a systematic review protocol | ||||
Series Name/Journal: | Environmental Evidence | ||||
Year of publishing : | 2015 | ||||
Volume: | 4 | ||||
Page range: | 1-7 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||
Publisher: | BMC | ||||
ISSN: | 2047-2382 | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
Version: | Published version | ||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
Agris subject categories.: | K Forestry > K70 Forest injuries and protection | ||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 401 Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries > Forest Science | ||||
Keywords: | Fire, Functioning, Insect infestation, Management, Regeneration, Salvage harvesting, Windthrows, Forestry | ||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3457 | ||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3457 | ||||
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ID Code: | 13321 | ||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Ecology (S) > Dept. of Ecology | ||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||
Deposited On: | 26 May 2016 09:24 | ||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 14:17 |
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