Management-related biodiversity changes in forest ecosystems

Forest management alters biodiversity of forest ecosystems. The aim is to quantify changes in plant diversity, macromycetes and microorganisms in stands with altered spatial, woody-species and age structure, in comparison with natural forests; to reveal the main factors and mechanisms of changes, quantify them in a broader spatial scale and to find their bioindicators.
The methods are based on the statistical analyses of original field data from the representative network of parallel plots within comparable sites.
The results of the research will contribute to the knowledge of the forest ecosystem functioning; they will be useful for nature conservation and close-to-nature forestry, helping in development of sustainable management models and plans in managed zones of protected areas.