European primary forest database v2.0

Sabatini, Francesco; Bluhm, Hendrik; Kun, Zoltán; Aksenov, Dmitry; Atauri, José A.; Buchwald, Erik; Burrascano, Sabina; Cateau, Estelle; Diku, Abdulla; Duarte, Inês; López, Ángel B. Fernández; Garbarino, Matteo; Grigoriadis, Nikolaos; Horváth, Ferenc; Keren, Srđan; Kitenberga, Māra; Kiš, Alen; Kraut, Ann; Ibisch, Pierre L.; Larrieu, Laurent; Lombardi, Fabio; Matović, Bratislav; Melu, Radu Nicolae; Meyer, Peter; Midteng, Rein; Mikac, Stjepan; Mikoláš, Martin; Mozgeris, Gintautas; Panayotov, Momchil; Pisek, Rok; Nunes, Leónia; Ruete, Alejandro; Schickhofer, Matthias; Simovski, Bojan; Stillhard, Jonas; Stojanović, Dejan; Szwagrzyk, Jerzy; Tikkanen, Olli‐Pekka; Toromani, Elvin; Volosyanchuk, Roman; Vrška, Tomáš; Waldherr, Marcus; Yermokhin, Maxim; Zlatanov, Tzvetan; Zagidullina, Asiya; Kuemmerle, Tobias

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“…The low frequency of the "Old-growth" and "Natural" themes can result to a certain extent from the scarcity of natural forests in Western Europe (Sabatini et al, 2021). This also explains why forests taken as "natural references" were often forests unmanaged for a given period of time (e.g., Vuidot et al, 2011;Packalen et al, 2013;Lelli et al, 2019;Marziliano et al, 2021;Schall et al, 2021).…”

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Tree-Related Microhabitats Are Promising Yet Underused Tools for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation: A Systematic Review for International Perspectives

Martin

Paillet²,

Larrieu

et al. 2022

Front. For. Glob. Change

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Sustainable management of forest ecosystems requires the use of reliable and easy to implement biodiversity and naturalness indicators. Tree-related microhabitats (TreMs) can fulfill these roles as they harbor specialized species that directly or indirectly depend on them, and are generally more abundant and diverse in natural forests or forests unmanaged for several decades. The TreM concept is however still recent, implying the existence of many knowledge gaps that can challenge its robustness and applicability. To evaluate the current state of knowledge on TreMs, we conducted a systematic review followed by a bibliometric analysis of the literature identified. A total of 101 articles constituted the final corpus. Most of the articles (60.3%) were published in 2017 or after. TreM research presented a marked lack of geographical representativity, as the vast majority (68.3%) of the articles studied French, German or Italian forests. The main themes addressed by the literature were the value of TreMs as biodiversity indicators, the impact of forest management on TreMs and the factors at the tree- and stand-scales favoring TreMs occurrence. Old-growth and unmanaged forests played a key role as a “natural” forest reference for these previous themes, as TreMs were often much more abundant and diverse compared to managed forests. Arthropods were the main phylum studied for the theme of TreMs as biodiversity indicators. Other more diverse themes were identified, such as restoration, remote sensing, climate change and economy and there was a lack of research related to the social sciences. Overall, current research on TreMs has focused on assessing its robustness as an indicator of biodiversity and naturalness at the stand scale. The important geographical gap identified underscores the importance of expanding the use of the TreMs in other forest ecosystems of the world. The notable efforts made in recent years to standardize TreM studies are an important step in this direction. The novelty of the TreM concept can partially explain the thematic knowledge gaps. Our results nevertheless stress the high potential of TreMs for multidisciplinary research, and we discuss the benefits of expanding the use of TreMs on a larger spatial scale.

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Tree-Related Microhabitats Are Promising Yet Underused Tools for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation: A Systematic Review for International Perspectives

Martin

Paillet²,

Larrieu

et al. 2022

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“…The forests in the Canton of Zurich are representative for forests of the central European continental biogeographical region (Sabatini et al, 2021), which dominates Central Europe and the plains and valleys surrounding the Alps. These forests are mostly dominated by the abovementioned species, namely Norway spruce, European Beech and Silver Fir, as well as Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) and oak (Quercus sp.…”

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Impacts of Forest Management on Forest Bird Occurrence Patterns—A Case Study in Central Europe

Leitão

Caicoya

Dahlkamp

et al. 2022

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The global increase in demand for wood products, calls for a more sustainable management of forests to optimize both the production of wood and the conservation of forest biodiversity. In this paper, we evaluate the status and future trends of forest birds in Central European forests, assuming different forest management scenarios that to a varying degree respond to the demand for wood production. To this end, we use niche models (Boosted Regression Trees and Generalized Linear Models) to model the responses of 15 forest bird species to predictors related to forest stand (e.g., stand volume of specific tree species) and landscape structure (e.g., percentage cover), and to climate (bioclimatic variables). We then define five distinct forest management scenarios, ranging from set-aside to productivity-driven scenarios, project them 100 years into the future, and apply our niche models into these scenarios to assess the birds’ responses to different forest management alternatives. Our models show that the species’ responses to management vary reflecting differences in their ecological niches, and consequently, no single management practice can benefit all species if applied across the whole landscape. Thus, we conclude that in order to promote the overall forest bird species richness in the study region, it is necessary to manage the forests in a multi-functional way, e.g., by spatially optimizing the management practices in the landscape.

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“…Given the extensive transformation of forests and forest landscapes elsewhere across the Fennoscandian boreal forests (Heino et al 2015;Kuuluvainen et al 2012;Jonsson et al 2019) and the severe loss of primary forests and intact forest landscapes in Europe (e.g. Sabatini et al 2021), the SMGB stands out as a northern European mainland for intact forest landscapes. As for other clusters of old-growth and primary forest areas in Europe and globally, a high protection ambition is strongly motivated for the SMGB.…”

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“…Furthermore, intact forest landscapes are integrated into the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification standards with direct consequences for forest management policies worldwide (Blumroeder et al 2019;Kleinschroth et al 2019). Accordingly, and for example with reference to the European primary forest database (Sabatini et al 2021), remaining intact forest landscapes need to be identified, mapped and assessed regarding opportunities and threats to maintain their full range of values in the view of national and pan-national environmental targets, e.g. the Aichi targets (CBD 2010), the EU biodiversity strategy and national policies.…”

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“…The foothills forest landscape of the Scandinavian mountain range, i.e. the "Scandinavian Mountains Green Belt" (SMGB; Svensson et al 2020a), includes a significant portion of the remaining intact forest landscapes in Europe (Potapov et al 2008a, b;Heino et al 2015;Curtis et al 2018;Sabatini et al 2021). Due to a more strict legal regulation of clear-cutting forestry in the foothills forests above the mountain forest border (Jonsson et al 2019), these hinterland forest landscapes harbor intact forest landscape qualities (Svensson et al 2019;Svensson et al 2020a;Mikusiński et al 2021).…”

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Spared, shared and lost—routes for maintaining the Scandinavian Mountain foothill intact forest landscapes

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Intact forest landscapes harbor significant biodiversity values and pools of ecosystem services essential for conservation, land use and rural development. Threatened by fragmentation and loss by transitions to industrial clear-cut forestry, those landscapes are of pivotal interest for protection that secures their intact character. With wall-to-wall land-cover data, we explored opportunities for maintaining intact forest landscapes through comprehensive spatial planning across a 2.5 million hectares boreal to sub-alpine forest region along the eastern slopes of the Scandinavian Mountain range. We analyzed forest and woodland types that are protected, need protection or potentially can be subject to continued forest management. We established that the fraction of already clear-cut forest is very small and that the forest landscape of the Scandinavian Mountain foothills contains a high proportion of protected high conservation value forests, covering almost 2 million ha, and that over 500,000 ha (27%) remains unprotected and may be subject to future protection or continued adapted forest management. We found evident north to south differences with respect to forest landscape configuration, distribution of unprotected forests and land ownership. With a focus on non-industrial private landowners, we conclude that sustainable land-use requires integrative, multi-functional approaches that rely on further protection, forest and forest landscape restoration and a much larger share of continuous cover forestry than presently. Our results provide input into ongoing policy implementation and green infrastructure planning in the context of securing intact forest values and integrative opportunities for rural livelihood and regional development based on multiple value chains.

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European primary forest database v2.0

Cited by 32 publications

References 47 publications

Tree-Related Microhabitats Are Promising Yet Underused Tools for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation: A Systematic Review for International Perspectives

Tree-Related Microhabitats Are Promising Yet Underused Tools for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation: A Systematic Review for International Perspectives

Impacts of Forest Management on Forest Bird Occurrence Patterns—A Case Study in Central Europe

Spared, shared and lost—routes for maintaining the Scandinavian Mountain foothill intact forest landscapes

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