Is salvage logging effectively dampening bark beetle outbreaks and preserving forest carbon stocks?

Salvage logging is one of most frequently applied management responses to forest disturbances world‐wide. As forest disturbances are increasing, so too is the application of salvage logging, yet its effects on ecosystems remains incompletely understood. In the Norway spruce ( Picea abies (L.) Karst.) forests of Europe, salvaging of windfelled trees is inter alia applied to reduce the risk of bark beetle outbreaks (mainly Ips typographus L.). By...