Combining wood supply with reindeer foraging in the same forest: Evaluation of spacing and thinning strategies DOI Creative Commons
Emma Holmström, Urban Nilsson

AMBIO, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 19, 2025

Abstract The forest land of northern Sweden is used for reindeer husbandry by the Indigenous Sámi while also being managed wood supply. Modern forestry with dense pine Pinus sylvestris stands, maintained high basal areas and leaf areas, allow little light to reach ground lichen cover. Finding sustainable management low-productivity sites that combine cover habitats economically viable production an urgent need. In this study, we compared regenerations resulting in 600, 1200 1800 trees per hectare when stand reached a height 10 m. addition, examined effects two thinning strategies: business as usual (BAU) follows guidelines currently Swedish forests, whereas combined (CWL) features repeated heavy thinnings throughout rotation. Results showed reduced but relatively small decline economy CWL strategy BAU, despite large reduction area. resulted larger fewer which may benefit biodiversity recreational use stands.

Language: Английский

Fostering Climate Change Resilience DOI
Philip J. Burton

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 162 - 193

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Abstract Forests can provide important nature-based solutions to climate change by retaining and sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But they will also have adapt inevitable consequences a warming atmosphere, which threaten health, productivity, stability many forest regions. In protected areas most multipurpose forests, maintaining continuity species habitats over time space facilitate inherent capacity ecosystems adjust through dispersal adaptive filtering. Prioritizing high-carbon reservoirs (old-growth peatlands) for protection, especially in locations expected persist under changing climate, support both mitigation biodiversity conservation. Ecosystem transformations response may be acceptable, although domination invasive exotic is generally undesirable. Tree-species diversification has benefits all forests. Stand thinning likewise broad utility reducing moisture stress, improving habitat value, wildfire risk. Artificial regeneration multiple-use production forests practice climate-smart forestry utilizing source materials (seeds, seedlings, cuttings) currently experiencing prevail locally future. Assisted migration as well populations an option, Using tree harvested on short rotations or having more assured vegetative sprouting are risk-reduction strategies timber-production lands. A combination gradient resilience applied depending local conditions thresholds acceptable expressed stakeholders.

Language: Английский

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Combining wood supply with reindeer foraging in the same forest: Evaluation of spacing and thinning strategies DOI Creative Commons
Emma Holmström, Urban Nilsson

AMBIO, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 19, 2025

Abstract The forest land of northern Sweden is used for reindeer husbandry by the Indigenous Sámi while also being managed wood supply. Modern forestry with dense pine Pinus sylvestris stands, maintained high basal areas and leaf areas, allow little light to reach ground lichen cover. Finding sustainable management low-productivity sites that combine cover habitats economically viable production an urgent need. In this study, we compared regenerations resulting in 600, 1200 1800 trees per hectare when stand reached a height 10 m. addition, examined effects two thinning strategies: business as usual (BAU) follows guidelines currently Swedish forests, whereas combined (CWL) features repeated heavy thinnings throughout rotation. Results showed reduced but relatively small decline economy CWL strategy BAU, despite large reduction area. resulted larger fewer which may benefit biodiversity recreational use stands.

Language: Английский

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