In 2023, after a wave of severe forest disturbance across Central Europe, we made a big group effort of surveying post-disturbance regeneration. It involved a lot of scrambling through brambles, but also a lot of fun (and reassuring to see a lot of regeneration). Happy to see the results published!
Ana Stritih
Central Europe has seen unprecedented forest disturbances recently, but how are forests recovering? We surveyed disturbance hotspots in 10 countries 3-5 years after disturbance, finding ample tree regeneration and no signs of forest loss (median 4750 stems/ha), but... 1/2 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
