Biodiversity and Management as Central Players in the Network of Relationships Underlying Forest Resilience DOI Creative Commons
Pilar Hurtado, Josep María Espelta, Luciana Jaime

et al.

Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 31(5)

Published: May 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Global change is threatening the integrity of forest ecosystems worldwide, amplifying need for resilience‐based management to ensure their conservation and sustain services they provide. Yet, current efforts are still limited by lack implementation clear frameworks operationalizing resilience in decision‐making processes. To overcome this limitation, we aim identify reliable effective drivers resilience, considering synergies trade‐offs. From a comprehensive review 342 scientific articles addressing forests globally, identified factors shaping resilience. We recognized them into two categories that influence responses disturbances: predictors, which can be modified through management, codrivers, measurable but largely unmanageable (e.g., climate). then performed network analyses based on predictors codrivers underlying In total, 5332 such relationships linking or with attributes Our findings support central role biodiversity, mixed, non‐planted, functionally diverse promoting across all contexts biomes. While also enhanced success specific interventions was highly context‐dependent, suggesting its application requires careful analysis Specifically, practices like cutting prescribed burning generally terms tree growth, plant diversity, landscape vegetation cover, stand structure. contrast, pest herbivore control reduced taxonomic diversity while offering only minimal gains other variables. Even long‐term restoration projects showed trade‐offs different attributes, highlighting consideration these effects practical decisions. Overall, emphasize number used effectively promote most attributes. Particularly, enhancing biodiversity implementing targeted strategies when impoverished emerge as powerful tools

Language: Английский

Biodiversity and Management as Central Players in the Network of Relationships Underlying Forest Resilience DOI Creative Commons
Pilar Hurtado, Josep María Espelta, Luciana Jaime

et al.

Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 31(5)

Published: May 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Global change is threatening the integrity of forest ecosystems worldwide, amplifying need for resilience‐based management to ensure their conservation and sustain services they provide. Yet, current efforts are still limited by lack implementation clear frameworks operationalizing resilience in decision‐making processes. To overcome this limitation, we aim identify reliable effective drivers resilience, considering synergies trade‐offs. From a comprehensive review 342 scientific articles addressing forests globally, identified factors shaping resilience. We recognized them into two categories that influence responses disturbances: predictors, which can be modified through management, codrivers, measurable but largely unmanageable (e.g., climate). then performed network analyses based on predictors codrivers underlying In total, 5332 such relationships linking or with attributes Our findings support central role biodiversity, mixed, non‐planted, functionally diverse promoting across all contexts biomes. While also enhanced success specific interventions was highly context‐dependent, suggesting its application requires careful analysis Specifically, practices like cutting prescribed burning generally terms tree growth, plant diversity, landscape vegetation cover, stand structure. contrast, pest herbivore control reduced taxonomic diversity while offering only minimal gains other variables. Even long‐term restoration projects showed trade‐offs different attributes, highlighting consideration these effects practical decisions. Overall, emphasize number used effectively promote most attributes. Particularly, enhancing biodiversity implementing targeted strategies when impoverished emerge as powerful tools

Language: Английский

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