{"id":6814,"date":"2026-01-30T12:03:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/?p=6814"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:03:58","slug":"influence-of-forest-thinning-on-the-soil-fauna-a-systematic-review-of-current-knowledge-and-research-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/2026\/01\/30\/influence-of-forest-thinning-on-the-soil-fauna-a-systematic-review-of-current-knowledge-and-research-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Influence of forest thinning on the soil fauna: a systematic review of current knowledge and research gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #0d5c06;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Review paper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/26-01-30_Byriol-C.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6816 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/26-01-30_Byriol-C-300x220.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/26-01-30_Byriol-C-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/26-01-30_Byriol-C-640x470.png 640w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/26-01-30_Byriol-C.png 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>Key message<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">This systematic review shows that thinning effects on soil fauna abundance and species richness vary with thinning strategy and methodological approach. Positive responses are due to improved resources and favorable microclimate conditions, whereas negative responses were mainly associated with unfavorable microclimate conditions. However, current evidence remains fragmented, highlighting the need for standardized, comprehensive experiments to draw robust conclusions and generalize management recommendations.<\/p>\n<div class='altmetric-embed' data-badge-type='donut' data-doi='10.1186\/s13595-025-01320-8'  style='float: right; ' ><\/div>\n<p><strong>Keywords<\/strong><br \/>\nMacrofauna; Mesofauna; Microfauna; Arthropod; Forest management<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication<\/strong><br \/>\nBIRYOL, C., BALDY, V., PREVOSTO, B.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0Influence of forest thinning on the\u00a0soil fauna: a systematic review of current knowledge and research gaps.\u00a0<i>Annals of Forest Science<\/i>\u00a083, 6 (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-025-01320-8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-025-01320-8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Data availability<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished peer reviewed articles are used as a data in this study and the data are available at Biryol C, Baldy V, Pr\u00e9vosto B, Trap J, Forey E, P\u00e9rez-Izquierdo L, Ballini C, Gauquelin T, Santonja M (2025). Forest thinning influence on soil fauna: a systematic review on current knowledge and research gaps. List of articles identified in the literature search on soil fauna responses to forest thinning or forest retention. [Data set] Zenodo.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.18036543\" data-track=\"click_references\" data-track-action=\"external reference\" data-track-value=\"external reference\" data-track-label=\"10.5281\/zenodo.18036543\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.18036543<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Handling editor<\/strong><br \/>\nErwin Dreyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review paper Key message This systematic review shows that thinning effects on soil fauna abundance and species richness vary with thinning strategy and methodological approach. Positive responses are due to improved resources and favorable microclimate conditions, whereas negative responses were mainly associated with unfavorable microclimate conditions. However, current evidence remains fragmented, highlighting the need for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,109,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-type","category-non-classe","category-open-access","category-review-paper","cat-14-id","cat-1-id","cat-109-id","cat-16-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6814"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6820,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6814\/revisions\/6820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}