Key ecological research questions for Central European forests

Christian Ammer, Andreas Fichtner, Anton Fischer, +23

Basic and Applied Ecology

Central European ForestsForest ConservationForestryForest Resource ManagementForest Biology +1

Canopy gap dynamics and tree understory release in a virgin beech forest, Slovakian Carpathians

Eike Feldmann, Lars Drößler, Markus Hauck, +3

Forest Ecology and Management

Tree Understory ReleaseForest InventoryBotanySilvicultureNatural Sciences +8

Biomass Stock and Productivity of Primeval and Production Beech Forests: Greater Canopy Structural Diversity Promotes Productivity

Jonas Glatthorn, Eike Feldmann, Viliam Pichler, +2

Ecosystems

ForestryForest BiologyProduction Beech ForestsForest ProductivityForest Bioenergy +2

A novel empirical approach for determining the extension of forest development stages in temperate old-growth forests

Eike Feldmann, Jonas Glatthorn, Markus Hauck, +1

European Journal of Forest Research

Land UseForest ConservationForestryGeographyForest Resource Management +8

Regeneration Dynamics Following the Formation of Understory Gaps in a Slovakian Beech Virgin Forest

Eike Feldmann, Jonas Glatthorn, Christian Ammer, +1

Forests

EngineeringBotanyForest RestorationForestryForest Productivity +15

Classifying development stages of primeval European beech forests: is clustering a useful tool?

Jonas Glatthorn, Eike Feldmann, V. Tabaku, +2

BMC Ecology

Strict forest protection: A meaningful contribution to Climate-Smart Forestry? An evaluation of temporal trends in the carbon balance of unmanaged forests in Germany

Rouven Nagel, Peter Meyer, Markus Blaschke, +1

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Aboveground Dead BiomassEngineeringForestryUnmanaged ForestsForest Productivity +17

What Happens after the Gap?— Size Distributions of Patches with Homogeneously Sized Trees in Natural and Managed Beech Forests in Europe

Eike Feldmann, Jonas Glatthorn, Peter Annighöfer, +2

Open Journal of Forestry

Homogeneously Sized TreesEngineeringForest BiometricsForestryStand Structure +15

Quantifying old-growthness of lowland European beech forests by a multivariate indicator for forest structure

Peter Meyer, Maria Aljes, Heike Culmsee, +4

Ecological Indicators

Limited sink but large storage: Biomass dynamics in naturally developing beech ( <i>Fagus sylvatica</i> ) and oak ( <i>Quercus robur</i> , <i>Quercus petraea</i> ) forests of north‐western Germany

Peter Meyer, Rouven Nagel, Eike Feldmann

Journal of Ecology