Do eucalypt plantations provide habitat for native forest biodiversity?

Calviño‐Cancela, María; Rubido-Bará, Margarita; Etten, Eddie van

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.019

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“…For some years, several authors (e.g., Diaz-Balteiro, 2007;Fernandes, 2008;Gerber, 2011;Calviño-Cancela et al, 2012;Andersson et al, 2016) have been proposing to introduce the issue of sustainability into the management of forest plantations, with the purpose of balancing productive and non-productive (e.g., biodiversity conservation) orientations (Calviño-Cancela, 2013).…”

Section: Plantations and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

A critical survey of optimization methods in industrial forest plantations management

Belavenutti

Romero

Dı́az-Balteiro

2018

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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ABSTRACT:The application of optimization methods to forest management has given rise to a successful line of investigation in recent decades. However, there have been few publications associated with the application of these techniques to the management of industrial forest plantations (those with short or medium rotations, always less than 50 years), which consider the important role played by these forest systems in the supply of diverse goods and services.This study presents an overview of this literature which, by analyzing 67 articles published in journals contained in the ISI Web of Science, highlight, among other aspects, the techniques employed, their evolution, their planning type (strategic, tactical or operational), the functional objectives and constraints considered, or the type of software deployed in these studies. The results show how Model I has been the one most frequently used in these studies, and how the spatial component is increasing in importance. However, classic optimization methods, such as mixed integer programming, have been those most commonly resorted to, although the employment of multi-criteria techniques such as goal programming and analytic hierarchical process have strongly emerged in recent years.

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Section: Plantations and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

A critical survey of optimization methods in industrial forest plantations management

Belavenutti

Romero

Dı́az-Balteiro

2018

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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“…E. globulus is a prolific species: each tree may produce hundreds of fruits (woody capsules) per year and each fruit may contain 5-50 viable seeds (more frequently 10-30; Goes 1977). Seeds are small (but relatively large for eucalypts) and have no specialized dispersal mechanism, thus in most cases dispersal distances seem to be limited to 10-15 m (Calviño-Cancela et al 2012;Larcombe et al 2013). Since most seeds show no dormancy, any substantial seed storage should occur in the canopy but not in the Assessing the extent and the environmental drivers of Eucalyptus globulus soil; seedling establishment is thus likely to take place within a year after seed dispersal (fruits fall all year round with a maximum during winter; Calviño-Cancela et al 2012).…”

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“…; e.g. Calviño-Cancela et al 2012;FAO 1985;Farley et al 2005;van Wilgen and Richardson 2014), and on land management. However, contrarily to the economic benefits which are in general much easier to assess, most of the environmental impacts are complex and challenging to quantify monetarily (often also take more time to be noticed and are hardly perceived by most people); thus, calculating the net value of the species is a difficult task.…”

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Assessing the extent and the environmental drivers of Eucalyptus globulus wildling establishment in Portugal: results from a countrywide survey

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Tasmanian blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) has been increasingly used in forestry outside its native range, and is nowadays one of the most important pulpwood species in the world. E. globulus has great economic importance in many countries, and in Portugal it has recently become the most widespread tree species. However, there is also an increasing concern about the potential ability of eucalypts to naturally establish from seed (wildling establishment), because of negative ecological and economic impacts this could cause. The natural establishment of this fast-growing exotic species may have undesirable consequences, but little is known about its distribution, or which are the factors influencing its occurrence. In order to investigate these issues, we characterized wildling occurrence and abundance along 3111 roadside transects adjacent to eucalypt plantations distributed throughout continental Portugal. Eucalypt wildlings were found in 60 % of the sampled transects and across all natural regions, with densities ranging from 0 to 10,000 plants ha -1 (mean = 277 plants ha -1 ). The potential influence of environmental variables on wildling establishment from plantations was assessed using boosted regression trees. The abundance of wildlings was found to be primarily affected by precipitation and distance from the sea (used as a surrogate of thermal amplitude), although topography, frost occurrence and soil type also played a significant role. Plant density peaked at around 1500 mm of annual precipitation and it decreased with both decreasing and increasing precipitation, reaching the lowest values below 800 mm Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (

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“…Studies in countries where planted Eucalyptus is not native have also yielded mixed results. Some studies have reported lower plant and animal diversity in Eucalyptus plantations relative to mature, native forests and some other forest types or seral stages [64][65][66][67][68][69]. In Brazil, for example, da Rocha et al [70] found fewer species of lizards, anurans, and selected invertebrate taxa in Eucalyptus plantations than in large remnants of primary Atlantic Forest.…”

Section: Biological Diversitymentioning

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Scientific Basis for Sustainable Management of Eucalyptus and Populus as Short-Rotation Woody Crops in the U.S.

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Loehle

Wigley

et al. 2014

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Short rotation woody crops (SRWC), fast growing tree species that are harvested on short, repeated intervals, can augment traditional fiber sources. These crops have economic and environmental benefits stemming from their capability of supplying fiber on a reduced land base in close proximity to users and when sensitive sites cannot be accessed. Eucalyptus and Populus appear to be genera with the greatest potential to provide supplemental fiber in the U.S. Optimal productivity can be achieved through practices that overcome site limitations and by choosing the most appropriate sites, species, and clones. Some Eucalyptus species are potentially invasive, yet field studies across multiple continents suggest they are slower to disperse than predicted by risk assessments. Some studies have found lower plant and animal diversity in SRWC systems compared to mature, native forests, but greater than some alterative land uses and strongly influenced by stand management, land use history, and landscape context. Eucalyptus established in place of grasslands, arable lands, and, in some cases, native forests can reduce streamflow and lower water tables due to higher interception and transpiration rates but results vary widely, are scale dependent, and are most evident in drier regions. OPEN ACCESS

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Do eucalypt plantations provide habitat for native forest biodiversity?

Cited by 116 publications

References 69 publications

A critical survey of optimization methods in industrial forest plantations management

A critical survey of optimization methods in industrial forest plantations management

Assessing the extent and the environmental drivers of Eucalyptus globulus wildling establishment in Portugal: results from a countrywide survey

Scientific Basis for Sustainable Management of Eucalyptus and Populus as Short-Rotation Woody Crops in the U.S.

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