Resilience impacts of a secondary disturbance: Meta-analysis of salvage logging effects on tree regeneration Leverkus, Alexandro B. Polo, Inés Baudoux, Claire Thorn, Simon Gustafsson, Lena Rubio de Casas, Rafael compounded disturbance forest disturbance insect outbreak regeneration salvage harvest storm succession wildfire 1. Intense controversy surrounds the compounded disturbance of salvage logging, which superimposes an anthropogenic disturbance on already disturbed ecosys- tems and thereby provides a litmus test of forest regeneration and resilience. 2. We conducted meta-analysis to assess whether salvage logging affects tree regen- eration, and whether potential effect moderators (disturbance type and severity, log- ging intensity, time elapsed between disturbance and logging or since logging, forest type and age, regeneration syndrome and aridity) modify this overall effect. Thirty- seven publications yielded 305 effect sizes for tree density and 135 for height. 3. We found no significant effect of salvage logging on tree density or height. Also, most effect moderators were not significant. The effect size of salvage logging on tree density increased over time after logging, potentially indicating resilience to initial salvage logging impacts. Tree density in old (>100 years) disturbed forests was less negatively affected by salvage logging than in young (<50 years) and inter- mediate-aged forests. Study site and phylogenetic relatedness improved model fit, indicating modulation by local ecological factors and tree species characteristics. 4. Synthesis. Salvage logging does not produce generalised detrimental effects on tree regeneration. Potential impacts and their mitigation should be assessed upon knowledge of local conditions and species. 2024-02-07T20:06:26Z 2024-02-07T20:06:26Z 2020-12-27 journal article Leverkus AB, Polo I, Baudoux C, Thorn S, Gustafsson L, Rubio de Casas R, 2021. Resilience impacts of a secondary disturbance: Meta-analysis of salvage logging effects on tree regeneration. Journal of Ecology 109:3224–3232 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/88630 10.1111/1365-2745.13581 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional