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Knowledge of forest history is crucial for understanding the processes, structures, functions and current status of forest ecosystems. An enhanced understanding of the long history of disturbance factors affecting forest development and thereby the present state of the forest is particularly valuable when working with forest management, conservation and restoration. Integrating the legacies of past disturbances-natural as well as anthropogenic-into conservation and management strategies is likely to favour natural values and ecosystem services. A case-study in Gribskov, Denmark, using palaeoecological data and historical source materials explores the lessons learned from the past and leads to the suggestion of a conceptual model of how information from the past can increase understanding of long-term ecological processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on avian diversity in Danish forests. Investigation of managed temperate forests in Denmark for avian species richness and abundance and related to measures on different tree variables influenced directly by forestry management decisions; Assessment; Results; View that simple measures in Danish forestry practices can be taken to enhance the conservation of bird richness and abundance.