iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
15(3), P. 187 - 196
Published: May 19, 2022
Europe
has
been
dominated
by
cultural
landscape
and
rather
intensively
managed
forests.
It
is
thus
no
surprise
that
the
ongoing
global
biodiversity
crisis
as
well
consequences
of
climate
change
have
apparent.
In
recent
years,
forestry
in
Central
going
through
a
caused
extensive
disturbances
primarily
commercial
monocultures;
this
phenomenon
particularly
striking
Czech
Republic.
Given
significance
situation,
it
essential
to
review
optimise
current
forest
management
practices
relation
protection.
Therefore,
survey
among
biologists
was
conducted
an
effort
provide
specific
feedback
foresters
other
stakeholders
based
on
scientific
empirical
knowledge
respondents.
The
assessed
habitat
(in
terms
light
conditions
structure
environment),
tools
conceptual
approaches
regarding
species
groups
organisms.
respondents
negatively
perceived
practices,
especially
creating
homogeneity
across
environment
eliminating
important
habitats.
Structurally
diverse
old-growth
forests
open
with
presence
old
trees
were
emphasised
environments.
Large-scale
non-intervention
within
protected
areas
necessary
support
On
hand,
there
urgent
need
restore
which
requires
(but
not
exclusively)
active
efforts
man.
These
two
basic
appeals
are
order
diversify
combination
segregative
integrative
aim
biodiversity.
Current Forestry Reports,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
7(4), P. 245 - 266
Published: Nov. 15, 2021
Abstract
Purpose
of
Review
Carbon
sequestration
and
storage
in
forest
ecosystems
is
often
promoted
as
a
solution
for
reducing
CO
2
concentrations
the
atmosphere.
Yet,
our
understanding
lacking
regarding
how
management
strategies
affect
net
removal
greenhouse
gases
contribute
to
climate
change
mitigation.
Here,
we
present
review
carbon
stock
dynamics,
following
three
that
are
widely
used
boreal,
temperate
tropical
forests:
extensive
management,
intensive
old-growth
conservation.
Recent
Findings
Several
studies
show
specific
can
improve
capacity
soil
storage.
Within
these
studies,
conservation
strategy
results
greater
soils
than
do
management.
Intensive
enhances
through
afforestation
using
fast-growing
species,
mechanical
preparation
from
low
moderate
intensity
N
fertilization.
Extensive
an
intermediate
compromise
storage,
between
strategies.
With
respect
silvicultural
treatments,
partial
cutting
practice
increases
rates
maintains
higher
compared
clear-cuts.
Each
discussed
this
showed
similar
effect
on
all
biomes,
although
magnitude
effects
differs
mainly
terms
heterotrophic
respiration.
Summary
To
achieve
sustainable
fulfill
industrial
demand
profitability,
gaps
must
be
dealt
with
scientific
knowledge
context,
integration
aforementioned
functional
zoning
approach
at
landscape
scale.
We
promising
guiding
such
global
context.
Ecosphere,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(10)
Published: Oct. 1, 2022
Abstract
There
is
increasing
momentum
to
implement
conservation
and
management
approaches
that
adapt
forests
climate
change
so
as
sustain
ecosystem
functions.
These
range
from
actions
designed
increase
the
resistance
of
current
composition
structure
negative
impacts
those
transition
substantially
different
characteristics.
A
component
many
adaptation
will
likely
include
assisted
migration
future
climate‐adapted
tree
species
or
genotypes.
While
forest‐assisted
(FAM)
has
been
discussed
conceptually
examined
experimentally
for
almost
a
decade,
operationalizing
FAM
(i.e.,
routine
use
in
forest
projects)
lags
behind
acceptance
need
adaptation.
As
vulnerability
ecosystems
increases,
may
become
an
integral
tool
reduce
long‐term
risks
function,
despite
real
perceived
barriers
its
implementation.
Here
we
discuss
concept
operational‐scale
why
it
remains
controversial,
not
yet
widely
adopted
We
present
three
case
studies
illustrate
how
practice
can
be
approached
pragmatically
within
framework
acceptance.
Finally,
path
toward
advancing
wide
FAM.
Conservation Science and Practice,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
4(4)
Published: Feb. 21, 2022
Abstract
On
a
warming
planet,
key
challenge
natural
resource
managers
face
is
protecting
wildlife
while
mitigating
climate
change—as
through
forest
carbon
storage—to
the
greatest
extent
possible.
But
in
some
ecosystems,
habitat
restoration
for
imperiled
species
may
be
incompatible
with
maximizing
storage.
For
example,
promoting
early
successional
conditions
does
not
maximize
stand‐level
storage,
whereas
uniformly
high
stocking
or
mature
name
of
storage
excludes
that
require
open
young
stands.
Here,
we
briefly
review
literature
regarding
and
trade‐offs
then
explore
four
case
studies
from
Northern
Forest
region
United
States.
In
each
case,
human
activities
have
largely
dampened
influence
disturbances;
restoring
emulating
these
disturbances
typically
required
even
when
doing
so
equates
to
less
at
stand
level.
We
propose
applying
adaptation
lens
can
help
planners
navigate
steer
away
maladaptive
practices
ultimately
reduce
adaptive
capacity.
Instead,
critically
evaluating
consequences
management
actions
on
both
facilitate
landscape‐scale
planning
supports
diversity
habitats
alongside
opportunities
invest
carbon.
BioScience,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
73(8), P. 575 - 586
Published: July 31, 2023
Abstract
Tree
planting
is
increasingly
being
adopted
as
a
strategy
to
address
global
change,
including
mitigation,
adaptation,
and
restoration.
Although
reforestation
has
long
been
central
forest
management,
the
desired
outcomes
of
traditional
emerging
tree-planting
strategies
face
barriers
linked
lack
ecological
diversity
in
nurseries.
In
present
article,
we
outline
how
insufficient
nursery
seedlings
among
species,
genotypes,
stock
types
impeded
will
continue
hinder
implementation
diverse
or
climate-suitable
targets,
now
into
future.
To
support
this,
demonstrate
disparities
seedling
inventories,
focusing
on
northern
United
States.
overcome
these
challenges,
recommend
avenues
for
improving
policy
financing,
informational
resources
training,
research
monitoring.
Absent
advances,
current
production
practices
fall
short
ambitious
goals
proposed
restoration
change
mitigation
adaptation.
Ecological Indicators,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
140, P. 109004 - 109004
Published: May 26, 2022
The
temporal
dynamics
of
forest
canopy
structure
are
influenced
by
disturbances
that
alter
vegetation
quantity
and
distribution.
While
structural
indicators
such
as
leaf
area
index
(LAI),
cover,
height
have
been
widely
studied
in
the
context
disturbance,
post-disturbance
complexity,
which
summarizes
heterogeneity
arrangement,
poorly
understood.
With
goal
advancing
conceptual
empirical
understanding
complexity
following
we
synthesized
results
from
three
large-scale
disturbance
manipulation
experiments
at
University
Michigan
Biological
Station
(UMBS):
4-year
Forest
Resilience
Threshold
Experiment
(FoRTE)
manipulating
levels
severity;
decade-long
Accelerated
Succession
(FASET),
all
early
successional
tree
species
were
stem-girdled
within
39
ha
same
landscape;
chronosequences
established
clear-cut
harvesting.
We
found
dependent
upon
factors:
(1)
source
severity
disturbance;
(2)
spatial
scales
analysis;
(3)
measure
assessed.
Unlike
initially
decreased
response
to
measures
top
rugosity
did
not
consistently
respond
moderate
severity.
Over
multi-decadal
timescales,
increased
a
maximum,
regardless
whether
fire
occurred
time
stand
establishment,
but
intervening
low-to-moderate
regrown
century-old
forests
altered
trajectories
rugosity.
conclude
display
more
nuanced
directional
than
conventional
cover
indexes.
Predicting
what
conditions
modify
remains
critical
characterization
inference
ecosystem
functioning.
