The implications of stand composition, age and spatial patterns of forest regions with different ownership type for management optimisation in northern Latvia

Rendenieks, Zigmārs; Nikodemus, Oļģerts; Brūmelis, Guntis

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2014.10.001

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“…2). As in other regions, this parcelling resulted in a very high diversity of management approaches, management intensities, and tree species (Von Lüpke et al 2011, Schaich & Plieninger 2013, Rendenieks et al 2015, Fig. S1 and Fig.…”

Section: Iforest -Biogeosciences and Forestrymentioning

confidence: 85%

“…This habitat pattern is in contrast to the larger forest units in the state forests, which are treated according to welldefined management plans (Mölder et al 2015). In keeping with the environmental heterogeneity hypothesis (Huston 1994), these differences between both forest ownership types can be expected to result in a higher biodiversity in the private forests than in the state-owned forests (Schaich & Plieninger 2013, Rendenieks et al 2015. Further studies are needed to confirm this assumption for the Osnabrück region.…”

Section: Implications For Nature Conservationmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…On the regional scale, the structure of forest ownership and land tenure was frequently the main factor influencing the management, structure, and tree species composition of woodland (Steen-Adams et al 2015, Rendenieks et al 2015, Munteanu et al 2016. However, the relationship between forest ownership patterns and woodland biodiversity is an often underestimated factor in European forest studies (Lovett-Doust & Kuntz 2001, Schaich & Plieninger 2013, Bergès et al 2013.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Small forest parcels, management diversity and valuable coppice habitats: an 18th century political compromise in the Osnabrück region (NW Germany) and its long-lasting legacy

Mölder¹

2016

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This study underlines the often under-estimated importance of forest ownership and land tenure in European forest biodiversity studies which are crucial for the management, structure, and tree species composition of woodland. In particular it is assumed that, in regions with both state-owned forests and smaller private forests, the latter contain more relict habitats shaped by historical woodland management practices. A government decree of 1721, a political compromise, was crucial to the present-day woodland ownership pattern and distribution of woodland habitats in the Osnabrück region (northwest Germany). It resulted in the privatization of woodlands held in common for centuries and created a huge number of small, private forest parcels in the 18 th century. These developments are discussed in relation to Europe-wide processes in forest affairs. Mainly due to the low economic importance of these forest parcels, as well as the individualism of the forest owners, coppice structures providing valuable habitats have persisted until today. For instance, over-aged coppice stands provide important habitat conditions for saproxylic species and unique herbaceous layers. These valuable habitats must be protected while creating new coppice stands to eventually take their place in future decades. Management plans for Natura 2000 sites in the Osnabrück region should address this problem while reconciling any conflict of interests between private owners and nature conservation organizations. Researchers are encouraged to give more consideration to the important relationship between current woodland biodiversity and the history of forest ownership patterns.

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Section: Iforest -Biogeosciences and Forestrymentioning

confidence: 85%

Section: Implications For Nature Conservationmentioning

confidence: 89%

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Small forest parcels, management diversity and valuable coppice habitats: an 18th century political compromise in the Osnabrück region (NW Germany) and its long-lasting legacy

Mölder¹

2016

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“…However, we focused on analysis of temporal dynamics within the landscapes in the specific time period of the study, and within spatial and policy contexts, without examination of particular species or processes, thus allowing comparisons among the studied landscapes. The defined boundaries of studied landscapes were restricted to one ownership division (limited to state forests), and spatial patterns can differ in areas dominated by private forests (Rendenieks et al 2015), but data for these were not available for the selected study period.…”

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Dynamics in forest patterns during times of forest policy changes in Latvia

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In the context of forest management intensification, European countries are attempting to promote the sustainable management of forest landscapes. The aim of this study was to determine the structural dynamics of managed state forest landscapes in the context of changing forest policy. Four landscapes in the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve of northern Latvia were studied for the period between 1988 and 2011. The spatial patterns of clearcuts, regenerating stands and uncut stands were analysed using landscape metrics at the class level. For more comprehensive structural analysis, we additionally analysed the stand age structures and spatial pattern characteristics of over-mature stands and woodland key habitats (small voluntarily set-aside forest stands with high biodiversity values in Nordic and Baltic countries) that existed in 2011. The results indicated a substantial increase in the overall landscape structure complexity (measured by the number of patches, edge density and patch isolation at the class level) in three of the four analysed landscapes. At the class level, clearcut harvesting intensity increased after 2000, with the establishment of a new forest policy and management system in state forests combined with an abundance of timber available for felling. Significant increase in clearcut edge density and aggregation, with a corresponding decline of matrix connectivity, coincided with an increase in allowed felling volume by 4 million m 3 for the period between 2009 and 2010 (increase in felling by about 60 % in state forests). Management reform and the introduction of a concentrated felling strategy in state forests also contributed to management intensification. Relatively higher WKH isolation, compared to that of overmature stands, in all landscapes suggested that setting aside part of these stands could be a means of improving connectivity in the future. We suggest that the integration of landscape ecological principles, such as inclusion of ecological networks or retaining clusters of older stands, into Latvia's forest management plans is needed and would contribute to more sustainable forest management.

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“…Найбільшу площу займають степи, понад 87% території області (Rehionalna dopovid…, 2015). Дослідження типологічного різноманіття (Tkach, Bondar, 2015;Bondar, 2016) та біологічного різноманіття лісових насаджень актуальне не тільки для України (Pasternak et al, 2011;Zibtsev et al, 2012), але й закордоном в Європі (Barbati et al, 2014;Kovač et al, 2016), США (Paula et al, 2017), Індії (Chandra et аl., 2010), Королівство Таїланд (Miki et al, 2017), Латвії (Rendenieks et al, 2015), Німеччини (Weber, 2017), Бразилії (Kröger, 2017) та інших державах. З метою підвищення рівня життя людей та збереження довкілля планети необхідно вести лісове господарство на засадах сталого розвитку, яке забезпечувало безперервність виконання лісами еколого-економічних функцій.…”

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Типологічне Різноманіття Лісів На Водозборі Річки Сіверський Донець На Території Луганської Області

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Typological analysis of watershed forests of the Seversky Donets River was carried out on the basis of forest management data with electronic databases of "Ukrderzhlisproekt" Production Association. More than 27 types of forest were analyzed with total size of 228.2 thousand hectares. The classification of forest growth conditions, forest types and tree species on the left and right banks of the Seversky Donets River was done for the Luhansk region. We determined that the forest fund of the Luhansk region consists from the oak forests -46.4 %, sudubrava -21.1 %, conifer forest -17.5 %. The proportion of coniferous forests makes up to 15.0 % of total forest area. We calculated that the area of common oak and common pine is 86.9 and 70.9·10 3 ha respectively. The following types of forests are prevailing: dry birchbark-marple sudubrava (30.8 %), fresh oak-pine sudubrava (13.1%), dry Tatarian maple sudubrava (12.9%), and fresh pine forest (10.6%). In the forest area of the Luhansk region we registered 70 tree species, of which 19 species -in oak-pine forest; 37 -in conifer forest; 55 -in sudubrava; 59 -in oak forest. By categories of protection the recreation forests (51.7 %) and protective forests (42.0 %) are the dominant. The forests of nature protection, forests of scientific, historical and cultural significance have only 6.4 % from the total forest area. The structure of forests by age groups was: middle-aged forests -41.3 %, young growths -17.8 %, ripening forests -15.5 %, mature forests -16.7 %, and old growth forests -13.3 % from total forest area of Luhansk region.

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The implications of stand composition, age and spatial patterns of forest regions with different ownership type for management optimisation in northern Latvia

Cited by 24 publications

References 41 publications

Small forest parcels, management diversity and valuable coppice habitats: an 18th century political compromise in the Osnabrück region (NW Germany) and its long-lasting legacy

Small forest parcels, management diversity and valuable coppice habitats: an 18th century political compromise in the Osnabrück region (NW Germany) and its long-lasting legacy

Dynamics in forest patterns during times of forest policy changes in Latvia

Типологічне Різноманіття Лісів На Водозборі Річки Сіверський Донець На Території Луганської Області

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