Assessing the links between resilience, disturbance and functional traits in paleoecological datasets

Hamilton, Rebecca; Brussel, Thomas Van; Asena, Quinn; Bruel, Rosalie; Marcisz, Katarzyna; Słowiński, Michael; Morris, Jesse L.

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“…By viewing tLTE evidence through the lens of functional trait analyses, it may be possible to infer how species and populations responded to past climatically induced disturbances. Hamilton et al (2018) discuss and identify some of the challenges to furthering the field of functional paleoecology and resilience, primarily the need to identify traits that are ecologically meaningful and quantifiable in the sediment record. However, considerable advances in techniques to improve taxonomic resolution are now ready to address some of these challenges.…”

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An Introduction to Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions

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Panzacchi

2021

Managing Forest Ecosystems

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The goal to limit the increase in global temperature below 2 °C requires reaching a balance between anthropogenic emissions and reductions (sinks) in the second half of this century. As carbon sinks, forests can potentially play an important role in carbon capture. The Paris Agreement (2015) requires signatory countries to reduce deforestation, while conserving and enhancing carbon sinks. Innovative approaches may help foresters take up climate-smart management methods and identify measures for scaling purposes. The EU’s funding instrument COST has supported the Action CLIMO (Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions – CA15226), with the aim of reorienting forestry in mountain areas to challenge the adverse impacts of climate change.Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020, CLIMO has brought together scientists and experts in continental and regional focus assessments through a cross-sectoral approach, facilitating the implementation of climate objectives. CLIMO has provided scientific analysis on issues including criteria and indicators, growth dynamics, management prescriptions, long-term perspectives, monitoring technologies, economic impacts, and governance tools. This book addresses different combinations of CLIMO’s driving/primary objectives and discusses smarter ways to develop forestry and monitor forests under current environmental changes, affecting forest ecosystems.

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An Introduction to Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions

Tognetti

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Panzacchi

2021

Managing Forest Ecosystems

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“…Reconstructions provide information about the ecosystem state before and after disturbances (Fialkiewicz-Koziel et al, 2016; Lamentowicz et al, 2007), but also give reference conditions (Moore et al, 1999). Such knowledge is important for nature conservation (Hamilton, 2018; Marcisz et al, 2018; Słowiński et al, 2019).…”

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Disturbance and resilience of aSphagnumpeatland in western Russia (Western Dvina Lakeland) during the last 300 years: A multiproxy, high-resolution study

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This paper presents the results of multiproxy research (pollen, charcoal, plant macrofossil and testate amoebae) on the biogenic deposits core from Gorodetsky Moch, an ombrotrophic peatland in western Russia (Western Dvina Lakeland). We reconstructed the impact of disturbance on peatland development in the last 300 years by using chronology of the records based on 14C and 210Pb data set. The multiproxy reconstruction was compared with changes in the land cover using historical maps and Corona images, which provides a unique spatial analysis of past ecological and land-use changes. We aimed to determine the effect of local disturbances (drainage) and land-use changes (landscape openness) on the development of the peatland during the last 300 years. Our study suggests that human activity had a crucial impact on the development of the peatland in the last centuries. The analysis of testate amoebae and plant macrofossils revealed a clear disturbed layer in the second half of the 20th century CE. Most probably, the drainage of the peatland triggered changes in the community of testate amoebae and plants, thereby causing a functional shift in Sphagnum peatland ecosystem. The hydrological stress and vegetation composition shift led to the collapse of mixotrophic testate amoebae. However, the peatland showed strong resilience and recovered toward the end of the 20th century CE and the beginning of the 21st century CE, despite the lower water table. Our study shows an example of the peatland ecosystem that experienced a considerable stress but finally sustained the former function.

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Assessing the links between resilience, disturbance and functional traits in paleoecological datasets

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An Introduction to Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions

An Introduction to Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions

Disturbance and resilience of aSphagnumpeatland in western Russia (Western Dvina Lakeland) during the last 300 years: A multiproxy, high-resolution study

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