@article{ThornSeiboldLeverkusetal.2020,
  author    = {Thorn, Simon and Seibold, Sebastian and Leverkus, Alexandro B and Michler, Thomas and M{\"u}ller, J{\"o}rg and Noss, Reed F and Stork, Nigel and Vogel, Sebastian and Lindenmayer, David B},
  title     = {The living dead: acknowledging life after tree death to stop forest degradation},
  series = {Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment},
  volume    = {18},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment},
  number    = {9},
  doi       = {10.1002/fee.2252},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-218575},
  pages     = {505 -- 512},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Global sustainability agendas focus primarily on halting deforestation, yet the biodiversity crisis resulting from the degradation of remaining forests is going largely unnoticed. Forest degradation occurs through the loss of key ecological structures, such as dying trees and deadwood, even in the absence of deforestation. One of the main drivers of forest degradation is limited awareness by policy makers and the public on the importance of these structures for supporting forest biodiversity and ecosystem function. Here, we outline management strategies to protect forest health and biodiversity by maintaining and promoting deadwood, and propose environmental education initiatives to improve the general awareness of the importance of deadwood. Finally, we call for major reforms to forest management to maintain and restore deadwood; large, old trees; and other key ecological structures.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LeverkusGustafssonLindenmayeretal.2020,
  author    = {Leverkus, Alexandro B and Gustafsson, Lena and Lindenmayer, David B and Castro, Jorge and Rey Benayas, Jos{\´e} Mar{\´i}a and Ranius, Thomas and Thorn, Simon},
  title     = {Salvage logging effects on regulating ecosystem services and fuel loads},
  series = {Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment},
  volume    = {18},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment},
  number    = {7},
  doi       = {10.1002/fee.2219},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-216111},
  pages     = {391 -- 400},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Salvage logging, or logging after natural disturbances such as wildfires, insect outbreaks, and windstorms, is carried out to recover some of a forest's natural and/or economic capital. However, trade-offs between management objectives and a lack of consensus on the ecological consequences of salvage logging impair science-based decision making on the management of forests after natural disturbances. We conducted a global meta-analysis of the impacts of salvage logging on regulating ecosystem services and on fuel loads, as a frequent post-disturbance objective is preventing subsequent wildfires that could be fueled by the accumulation of dead trunks and branches. Salvage logging affected ecosystem services in a moderately negative way, regardless of disturbance type and severity, time elapsed since salvage logging, intensity of salvage logging, and the group of regulating ecosystem services being considered. However, prolonging the time between natural disturbance and salvage logging mitigated negative effects on regulating ecosystem services. Salvage logging had no overall effect on surface fuels; rather, different fuel types responded differently depending on the time elapsed since salvage logging. Delaying salvage logging by ~2-4 years may reduce negative ecological impacts without affecting surface fuel loads.},
  language  = {en}
}