Identifying practical indicators of biodiversity for stand-level management of plantation forests
| العنوان: | Identifying practical indicators of biodiversity for stand-level management of plantation forests |
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| المؤلفون: | Daniel L. Kelly, Paul S. Giller, Susan Iremonger, Mark W. Wilson, Anne Oxbrough, L. French, Tom Gittings, George F. Smith, Thomas C. Kelly, John O'Halloran, Fraser J.G. Mitchell, Saoirse O’Donoghue, Anne Marie McKee |
| المصدر: | Biodiversity and Conservation. 17:991-1015 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007. |
| سنة النشر: | 2007 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Geography, Ecology, Agroforestry, Sustainable forest management, Forest management, Biodiversity, Measurement of biodiversity, Species richness, Woodland, Vegetation, Intact forest landscape, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| الوصف: | Identification of valid indicators of biodiversity is a critical need for sustainable forest management. We developed compositional, structural and functional indicators of biodiversity for five taxonomic groups—bryophytes, vascular plants, spiders, hoverflies and birds—using data from 44 Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and ash (Fraxinus excelsior) plantation forests in Ireland. The best structural biodiversity indicator was stand stage, defined using a multivariate classification of forest structure variables. However, biodiversity trends over the forest cycle and between tree species differ among the taxonomic groups studied. Canopy cover was the main structural indicator and affected other structural variables such as cover of lower vegetation layers. Other structural indicators included deadwood and distances to forest edge and to broadleaved woodland. Functional indicators included stand age, site environmental characteristics and management practices. Compositional indicators were limited to more easily identifiable plant and bird species. Our results suggest that the biodiversity of any one of the species groups we surveyed cannot act as a surrogate for all of the other species groups. However, certain subgroups, such as forest bryophytes and saproxylic hoverflies, may be able to act as surrogates for each other. The indicators we have identified should be used together to identify stands of potentially high biodiversity or to evaluate the biodiversity effects of silvicultural management practices. They are readily assessed by non-specialists, ecologically meaningful and applicable over a broad area with similar climate conditions and silvicultural systems. The approach we have used to develop biodiversity indicators, including stand structural types, is widely relevant and can enhance sustainable forest management of plantations. |
| تدمد: | 1572-9710 0960-3115 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10531-007-9274-3 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::549d39c57f71ac3a2c2f70038eb50ccb https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-007-9274-3 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........549d39c57f71ac3a2c2f70038eb50ccb |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15729710 09603115 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s10531-007-9274-3 |