How much clearcutting can nature sustain? A study determines the ecological limit for boreal forest birds

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- A study led by the University of Jyväskylä in Finland evaluated, for the first time, an ecological threshold for the amount of clearcutting in boreal forests. According to the results, maintaining populations of bird species specialized in old-growth forests requires either a forest rotation…