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100 1 |a Alvyra, Slepetiene  |u Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT-58344 Kedainiai, Lithuania; olgirda.belova@lammc.lt (O.B.); kateryna.fastovetska@lammc.lt (K.F.) 
245 1 |a Managing Boreal Birch Forests for Climate Change Mitigation 
260 |b MDPI AG  |c 2025 
513 |a Literature Review 
520 3 |a Boreal birch forests, dominated by Betula pendula and Betula pubescens, are significant components of Northern European and North American landscapes. These forests play a vital role in climate change mitigation by sequestering carbon and enhancing ecosystem resilience. This study aims to evaluate global scientific research trends concerning the management of boreal birch forests, with an emphasis on climate adaptation. We conducted a two-phase study: first, a bibliometric analysis of 287 peer-reviewed publications from 1978 to 2024 sourced from the Web of Science and Scopus databases; and second, a qualitative literature review based on refined selection criteria guided by the PRISMA framework. The analysis revealed that most research originates from Finland, Canada, Sweden, and the USA. Our findings were categorized into four thematic areas: management issues, abiotic and biotic drivers of forest dynamics, climate adaptation strategies, and current management practices. Furthermore, the results indicate an increasing research focus on climate-smart silviculture, biodiversity-oriented thinning, and mixed-species forestry. The review highlights significant management challenges and identifies knowledge gaps, particularly in genetic diversity, soil biota, and socio-economic dimensions. We conclude that adaptive, multifunctional management of boreal birch forests is essential for sustaining their ecological and economic roles in a changing climate. 
653 |a Climate change 
653 |a Collaboration 
653 |a Science 
653 |a Trends 
653 |a Silviculture 
653 |a Biodiversity 
653 |a Library and information science 
653 |a Citation analysis 
653 |a Adaptation 
653 |a Sequestering 
653 |a Climate adaptation 
653 |a Forests 
653 |a Genetic diversity 
653 |a Literature reviews 
653 |a Library management 
653 |a Economics 
653 |a Publication output 
653 |a Forest management 
653 |a Environmental economics 
653 |a Carbon sequestration 
653 |a Bibliometrics 
653 |a Citation indexes 
653 |a Forest ecosystems 
653 |a Climate-smart agriculture 
653 |a Publications 
653 |a Databases 
653 |a Authorship 
653 |a Climate change mitigation 
653 |a Libraries 
653 |a Biota 
653 |a Collection development 
653 |a Management 
653 |a Scholarly communication 
653 |a Ecosystem resilience 
653 |a Forestry 
700 1 |a Belova Olgirda  |u Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT-58344 Kedainiai, Lithuania; olgirda.belova@lammc.lt (O.B.); kateryna.fastovetska@lammc.lt (K.F.) 
700 1 |a Fastovetska Kateryna  |u Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT-58344 Kedainiai, Lithuania; olgirda.belova@lammc.lt (O.B.); kateryna.fastovetska@lammc.lt (K.F.) 
700 1 |a Dinca Lucian  |u National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry “Marin Dracea”, Eroilor 128, 077190 Voluntari, Romania 
700 1 |a Murariu Gabriel  |u Department of Chemistry, Physics and Environment, Faculty of Sciences and Environmental, Dunarea de Jos University Galati, Domneasca Street No. 47, 800008 Galati, Romania; gmurariu@ugal.ro 
773 0 |t Land  |g vol. 14, no. 9 (2025), p. 1909-1932 
786 0 |d ProQuest  |t Publicly Available Content Database 
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