Long-term effects of stump harvesting on soil properties and tree growth in Scots pine and Norway spruce stands

Karlsson, Kristian; Tamminen, Pekka

doi:10.1080/02827581.2013.805808

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“…Only a handful of studies have attempted to quantify how stump harvesting affects soil C and N pools in the long-term. Karlsson and Tamminen (2013) found no treatment effects on soil C and N pools 30 years after stump harvesting, while Zabowski et al (2008) reported decreased C and N stores 22-29 years after stump removal. Strömgren et al (2013) found a reduction in the organic layer C stock when stump harvesting was combined with logging residue harvesting, but reported that the effects were sitespecific.…”

Section: How Stump Harvesting Affects Soil C and N Mineralization Ratmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…Stump harvesting has been reported to improve planted seedling survival and natural regeneration, particularly that of birch (Betula sp.) (Karlsson and Tamminen, 2013;Saksa, 2013;Tarvainen et al, 2015), possibly owing to the larger areas of exposed mineral soil (Kataja-aho et al, 2011a). Kataja-aho et al (2012a) observed a small (10 %) growth increase in Norway spruce seedlings three years after stump harvesting but concluded that this effect could be transient.…”

Section: Harvest Intensity and Soil Disturbancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Soil changes and long-term ecosystem recovery from physical and chemical load – stump harvesting and sprinkling infiltration as case studies

Kaarakka¹

2018

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Section: How Stump Harvesting Affects Soil C and N Mineralization Ratmentioning

confidence: 81%

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Soil changes and long-term ecosystem recovery from physical and chemical load – stump harvesting and sprinkling infiltration as case studies

Kaarakka¹

2018

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“…Previous studies show that stump removal may increase growth of Norway spruce seedlings and suggest increased availability of soluble nutrients in soil (Menkis et al, 2010) or high EMF colonization received from nursery (Kataja-aho et al, 2012) to be plausible reasons. However, slight differences in tree sapling growth may become even less apparent in the long term, as has been observed during 10 (Hope, 2007) and 30 years (Karlsson and Tamminen, 2013) of monitoring. Thus, stump or logging residue removal may have only minor or temporary effects on stand productivity.…”

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Short-term impacts of energy wood harvesting on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of Norway spruce saplings

Huusko

Tarvainen²,

Saravesi

et al. 2014

The ISME Journal

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The increased demand for harvesting energy wood raises questions about its effects on the functioning of the forest ecosystems, soil processes and biodiversity. Impacts of tree stump removal on ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) communities of Norway spruce saplings were studied with 454-pyrosequencing in a 3-year field experiment replicated in 3 geographical areas. This is possibly the most thorough investigation of EMF communities associated with saplings grown on sites subjected to energy wood harvesting. To separate impacts of tree stump and logging residue removal on EMF and plant variables, we used three harvesting treatments with increasing complexity from patch mounding alone (P) to patch mounding combined with logging residue removal (RP), and patch mounding combined with both logging residue and stump removal (SRP). Saplings grown in uncut forests (F) served as references for harvesting treatments. A majority of sequences (492%) and operational taxonomic units (OTUs, 55%) were assigned as EMF. EMF OTU richness, fungal community composition or sapling growth did not differ between harvesting treatments (P, RP and SRP), while EMF OTU richness, diversity and evenness were highest and sapling growth lowest in the undisturbed reference forests (F). The short study period may partially explain the similarities in fungal and sapling variables in different harvesting treatments. In conclusion, our results indicate that neither stump removal nor logging residue removal have significant additional negative impacts on EMF communities or growth of Norway spruce saplings in the short-term compared with the impacts of more conventional harvesting methods, including clear cutting and patch mounding.

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“…Most threats are from contradictory research results. In terms of forest regeneration, compared to only stump removal, seedling survival of Scots pine and Norway spruce was higher in both slash and stump removal processes (Karlsson and Tamminen 2013), but the opposite was found by Saksa (2013) and Egnell (2016). Carbon balance studies have shown that 10 years of harvesting resulted in declining soil carbon stocks (Hope 2007).…”

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Inter-disciplinary analysis for synthesising weevil damage and stakeholder perception related to stump harvesting

Rahman¹

2020

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Long-term effects of stump harvesting on soil properties and tree growth in Scots pine and Norway spruce stands

Cited by 31 publications

References 13 publications

Soil changes and long-term ecosystem recovery from physical and chemical load – stump harvesting and sprinkling infiltration as case studies

Soil changes and long-term ecosystem recovery from physical and chemical load – stump harvesting and sprinkling infiltration as case studies

Short-term impacts of energy wood harvesting on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of Norway spruce saplings

Inter-disciplinary analysis for synthesising weevil damage and stakeholder perception related to stump harvesting

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