Dynamics of ecosystem services in Pinus sylvestris stands under different managements and site quality classes

Implications of forest management on the conservation of protected areas: A new proposal in Central Spain

“…Beyond the changes in forest management following the declaration of a protected area, it is necessary to take into account the previous management (segregated approach), which conferred the status required for declaration as a protected area (Lagner et al, 2017). Although timber and biodiversity are considered two antagonistic ecosystem services, they are both largely influenced by silviculture, site ecological conditions and forest harvesting history (Ponce et al, 2017). Thus, the application of less intensive management systems over decades has promoted a balance between timber production and structural diversity in some areas of Valsaín forest.…”

“…Hence, forest management practice in some cases has resorted to establishing different areas in which the aim is to obtain one or other of these ES and/or quantifying their trade-offs (Andersson et al, 2006;Verkerk et al, 2014). In this regard, forest managers have proposed either to segregate the less productive areas of the forest for biodiversity conservation purposes (Carmean, 2007;Ponce et al, 2017) or to protect areas with high conservation value (Styring et al, 2022). Furthermore, increasing interest in biodiversity protection has led to several measures being introduced such as legally protected areas (PAs) (Parviainen and Frank, 2003) or the adoption of non-intervention areas, where forest management practices have been totally or partially abandoned (Nabuurs et al, 2007).…”

Mountain forest management in a changing world

“…A set of papers from this conference has been collected for the present Special Thematic Section following after this editorial. Ponce et al (2017) used information from forest management plans over several decades to analyze the effects of three silvicultural systems on timber production and stand structural diversity in Scots pine forests (Pinus sylvestris) in the Spanish Central Mountain System. They showed that the expected conflicts between timber production and structural diversity were modulated by the specific implementation of a silvicultural system and by site quality.…”