Climate change and nature conservation: Implications for policy and practice in Britain and Ireland

Hossell, J. E.; Ellis, N; Harley, Mike; Hepburn, Isla

doi:10.1078/1617-1381-00034

Cited by 27 publications

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“…While in some protected areas species representation may decline, in others it could increase (Hannah et al, 2007). The loss of a single species may have significant impacts on a protected area, particularly if the species was one or the main reason for the designation of the reserve (Hossell et al, 2003). Araujo et al (2004) predict a climate change driven loss over 50 years of 6-11% of modelled plant species out of currently optimal reserve systems across a large part of Europe.…”

Section: Protected Areasmentioning

confidence: 97%

Climate change and nature conservation in Central European forests: A review of consequences, concepts and challenges

Milad

Schaich

Bürgi

et al. 2011

Forest Ecology and Management

139

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Section: Protected Areasmentioning

confidence: 97%

Climate change and nature conservation in Central European forests: A review of consequences, concepts and challenges

Milad

Schaich

Bürgi

et al. 2011

Forest Ecology and Management

139

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“…Some of those habitats, currently subjected to non-sustainable management, are prone to decline and need flexible management strategies promoting the resilience of oak species (sensu Grant & Edwards 2008). The loss of a single species may have profound impacts on designed protected areas, particularly when it was one of the main reasons for the designation of the reserve (Hossell et al 2003). Often, forestry laws tend to favor a more conservative management based on close-to-nature principles in protected natural areas.…”

Section: Improving the Resilience Of Declining Oak Stands Through Adamentioning

confidence: 99%

Drought-induced oak decline in the western Mediterranean region: an overview on current evidences, mechanisms and management options to improve forest resilience

Gentilesca¹,

Camarero²,

Colangelo³

et al. 2017

iForest

122

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Increased forest vulnerability is being reflected as more widespread and severe drought-induced decline episodes. In particular, the Mediterranean area is revealing a high susceptibility to phenomena of loss in tree vitality across species. Within tree species, oaks (Quercus spp.) are experiencing extensive decline in many countries. However, in the wake of the so-called "oak decline phenomenon", the attention on these species has generally been limited. In this paper, we review the current available literature on oakdecline cases reported within the Mediterranean Basin, with particular remark for those occurred in Italy and Spain. More specifically our main aims were to: (i) provide an update on the patterns and mechanisms of decline by focusing on tree-ring and wood-anatomical variables; (ii) provide some hints for improving the resistance and resilience of oak stands experiencing decline. Our review reveals that drought is reported as the main driver triggering oak decline within the Mediterranean Basin, although other causes (i.e., increasing temperature, pathogens attack or excessive stand density) could exacerbate decline. In most reported cases, drought induced a substantial reduction of growth and changes in some wood anatomical properties. Indeed, growth decline prior death is also indicated as an early-warning signal of impending death. In ring-porous oak species, declining trees were often characterized by a very low production of latewood and a decrease in lumen area of the widest earlywood vessels, suggesting a potential reduction of hydraulic conductivity. Moreover, hydraulic dysfunction is reported as the main cause of decline. Finally, regarding management actions that should be considered for improving the resilience of declining stands and preserve the species-specific stand composition, it could be useful to shorten the rotation period of coppice stands or promoting their gradual conversion towards high forests, and favoring more drought-resistant species should also be considered. In addition, regeneration prior to regeneration cuts should be improved by anticipating seed dispersal or by planting oak seedlings obtained from local germoplasm.

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“…This same period between the mid-1990s and 2010 saw the publication of three sets of climate change scenarios by the UK Climate Impacts Programme (Hulme and Jenkins, 1998;Hulme et al, 2002;UKCP, 2009). These led to a number of modelling studies on the effects of climate change on biodiversity (for example Berry et al, 2006;del Barrio et al, 2006;Harrison et al, 2001, Honnay et al, 2002Hossell et al, 2000Hossell et al, , 2003Hossell, 2000;Hulme et al, 2003;Perry et al, 2003;Thomas et al, 2004). By now, climate change consciousness was growing within the conservation professions and devolved governments (DETR, 2000a(DETR, , 2000bWelsh Assembly Government, 2000a, 2000b and twenty years after the Rio Earth Summit, climate change began to influence local policy setting.…”

Section: Growing Consciousness Of Climate Change In National Parksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Protected Landscapes Amidst the Heat of Climate Change Policy

Sinnadurai¹

2011

Climate Change - Research and Technology for Adaptation and Mitigation

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Climate change and nature conservation: Implications for policy and practice in Britain and Ireland

Cited by 27 publications

References 7 publications

Climate change and nature conservation in Central European forests: A review of consequences, concepts and challenges

Climate change and nature conservation in Central European forests: A review of consequences, concepts and challenges

Drought-induced oak decline in the western Mediterranean region: an overview on current evidences, mechanisms and management options to improve forest resilience

Protected Landscapes Amidst the Heat of Climate Change Policy

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