How Does Forest Management Affect Soil Dynamics?

Forest ecosystems represent an important biodiversity resource worldwide and provide numerous important services. Their status is under constant change due to the applied management practices, which can exert both positive and negative effects. Forest soils have a complex microbiome and show variabl...

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description Forest ecosystems represent an important biodiversity resource worldwide and provide numerous important services. Their status is under constant change due to the applied management practices, which can exert both positive and negative effects. Forest soils have a complex microbiome and show variable activity dynamics in relation to soil structure, nutrient cycling, and organic matter content. There is a constant need for research oriented towards a better understanding of how these ecosystems respond to current management practices and to forecast their evolution and to optimize them to achieve resilience. Soil microbiomes occupy a key position within forest ecosystems, being responsible for nutrient cycling and vegetation maintenance. Microbial communities are suitable indicators for applied management and show rapid reactions to both biotic and abiotic factors. The ecosystem specificity of soil microbiome is an important trait to deepen understanding of their site-specific reaction to management procedures and enable the identification of new and more performant indicators that bring understanding of forest soils. Techniques like reforestation or regeneration imply great changes in soil microbiomes and change the diversity and assemblage of microbial communities. Clearing, thinning, or prescribed burning produce a different effect on the soil microbiome, along with climatic context and rainwater quality. Post-disturbance microbial dynamics are important in understanding the direction of ecosystem regeneration, the flow of biogeochemical cycles, and the assurance of growth conditions for tree species.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1750632026-04-16T18:44:39Z How Does Forest Management Affect Soil Dynamics? Oneț, Cristian Stoian, Vlad Sustainable forestry Forest management practices Forest regeneration Soil health Forest disturbances Forest microbiomes thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences Forest ecosystems represent an important biodiversity resource worldwide and provide numerous important services. Their status is under constant change due to the applied management practices, which can exert both positive and negative effects. Forest soils have a complex microbiome and show variable activity dynamics in relation to soil structure, nutrient cycling, and organic matter content. There is a constant need for research oriented towards a better understanding of how these ecosystems respond to current management practices and to forecast their evolution and to optimize them to achieve resilience. Soil microbiomes occupy a key position within forest ecosystems, being responsible for nutrient cycling and vegetation maintenance. Microbial communities are suitable indicators for applied management and show rapid reactions to both biotic and abiotic factors. The ecosystem specificity of soil microbiome is an important trait to deepen understanding of their site-specific reaction to management procedures and enable the identification of new and more performant indicators that bring understanding of forest soils. Techniques like reforestation or regeneration imply great changes in soil microbiomes and change the diversity and assemblage of microbial communities. Clearing, thinning, or prescribed burning produce a different effect on the soil microbiome, along with climatic context and rainwater quality. Post-disturbance microbial dynamics are important in understanding the direction of ecosystem regeneration, the flow of biogeochemical cycles, and the assurance of growth conditions for tree species. 2026-04-16T18:44:33Z 2026-04-16T18:44:33Z 2025 book ONIX_20260416T142754_9783725859719_18 9783725859719 9783725859726 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175063 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/ https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/11966 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-5972-6 10.3390/books978-3-7258-5972-6 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725859719 9783725859726 190 CH open access
spellingShingle Sustainable forestry
Forest management practices
Forest regeneration
Soil health
Forest disturbances
Forest microbiomes
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thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
How Does Forest Management Affect Soil Dynamics?
title How Does Forest Management Affect Soil Dynamics?
title_full How Does Forest Management Affect Soil Dynamics?
title_fullStr How Does Forest Management Affect Soil Dynamics?
title_full_unstemmed How Does Forest Management Affect Soil Dynamics?
title_short How Does Forest Management Affect Soil Dynamics?
title_sort how does forest management affect soil dynamics
topic Sustainable forestry
Forest management practices
Forest regeneration
Soil health
Forest disturbances
Forest microbiomes
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
topic_facet Sustainable forestry
Forest management practices
Forest regeneration
Soil health
Forest disturbances
Forest microbiomes
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
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