>>560188Not the same person, but any removal and replanting does impact the forest. Removing the tree, even if it was dead or dying, is removing nutrients from the system.
Naturally, when a tree dies and becomes host to bacteria that will decompose the tree to make humus, which is important for soil quality. If you change the soil properties, you will slowly impact the vegetation that grow there, the hydrology of the area.
The removal of the tree in this picture isn't important because the area is already seriously impacted by human activity.
Good forestry tries to minimize these impacts, but many hardwoods in old growth forests are not something you can harvest, replant and repeat without negatively impacting biodiversity.
