Claim · model-written summary
Disc trenching reduced Cladonia rangiferina cover at Hagfors.
- Taxon
- Cladonia rangiferina
Cladonia rangiferinae0 - Treatment
- DTe0
- Outcome
- cover of Cladonia rangiferinae0
- Direction
- reductione0
- Setting
- Hagforse0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“At Hagfors, the most pronounced effects were a reduction in the cover of Cladonia rangiferina , and an increase in Calluna vulgaris after DT.”
Title
Karin Hjelm; Edzus Romans; Lars Högbom; et al. Forest Ecology and Management 2025. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123145
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Disc trenching reduced tree mortality at both sites.
- Intervention effect Disc trenching increased individual tree growth at both sites.
- Intervention effect Disc trenching produced higher stem numbers and tree volume per hectare after 17 years.
- Intervention effect Previous nitrogen fertilization had no significant effect on tree growth.
- Intervention effect Disc trenching increased Calluna vulgaris at Hagfors.
- Intervention effect Previous nitrogen fertilization negatively affected Cladonia rangiferina.
- Intervention effect Disc trenching shifted vegetation cover from Vaccinium vitis-idaea toward Vaccinium myrtillus at Nissafors.
- Mechanism Soil disturbance and increased shading appear to explain disc trenching effects on field layer composition.
- Recommendation The authors advise considering long term ground vegetation effects in forestry guidelines and practices.