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Table 3 Combinations of interventions and outcomes (number of included studies)

From: What is the impact of active management on biodiversity in boreal and temperate forests set aside for conservation or restoration? A systematic map

Intervention

Outcome

Vertical stand structure

Horizontal stand structure

Tree microhabitats

Dead wood

Trees

Vascular plants except trees

Bryophytes

Lichens

Fungi

Mammals

Birds

Amphibians

Reptiles

Saproxylic beetles

Ground beetles

Other beetles

Insects except beetles

Arthropods except insects

Invertebrates except arthropods

Invasive species

All outcomes

Burning

34

1

7

60

123

105

11

7

15

12

31

3

1

34

16

9

10

13

3

30

227

Thinning

57

1

4

55

129

113

26

13

11

36

34

4

0

19

10

7

16

14

1

22

229

Partial harvesting

48

4

7

73

153

113

37

26

12

26

49

10

3

29

25

17

38

34

3

15

311

Removal of woody understorey

7

0

0

7

35

27

4

4

2

3

7

0

0

4

3

3

5

5

0

9

57

Removal of ground vegetation

0

0

0

0

2

7

5

4

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

Litter manipulation

0

0

0

0

4

17

5

4

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

5

20

Creation of dead wood

2

0

4

16

21

9

3

2

10

0

6

0

0

31

1

5

6

4

0

0

66

Addition of dead wood

0

0

0

3

3

1

1

1

5

0

0

0

1

11

1

2

3

1

0

0

19

Grazing or exclusion from grazing

18

0

1

8

84

110

18

12

5

9

13

3

2

2

15

7

18

12

5

15

157

Mowing

0

0

0

0

6

8

0

2

0

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

0

3

10

Coppicing

0

0

0

1

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

4

Pollarding

0

0

1

0

2

1

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

Underplanting

4

0

0

3

13

16

6

1

2

3

0

2

0

0

3

1

3

5

1

2

25

Introduction of non-tree species

0

0

0

0

4

7

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

6

11

Control of exotic/invasive species

0

0

0

0

10

14

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

2

3

0

12

21

Hydrological interventions

0

0

0

1

2

2

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

Other interventions

0

0

0

1

5

9

2

1

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

13

All interventions

115

5

18

153

401

373

88

56

52

71

115

17

6

78

54

36

75

64

13

69

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