Forest structure, habitat and carbon benefits from thinning floodplain forests: Managing early stand density makes a difference

Horner, Gillis John; Baker, Patrick J.; Nally, Ralph Charles Mac; Cunningham, Shaun Cameron; Thomson, James Robertson; Hamilton, Fiona

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.015

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“…Due to the diverse interactions (trade-offs, synergies) and stakeholders' preferences in ecosystem services management, it would be impossible to simultaneously maximize them all in forest planning [27][28][29]. Thus, a type of compromise-based management is essential, particularly one where all interactions are addressed and objectives are weighted based on the stakeholders' preferences [28].…”

Section: The Multi-functionality Of Forest Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluating the Multi-Functionality of Forest Ecosystems in Northern Mexico

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Monarrez-Gonzalez

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Abstract:Managing multiple ecosystem services is a complex task that involves special interactions among different resources, services, and stakeholders. Mexican forests have been traditionally managed for the single purpose of obtaining wood, benefiting a small sector of society. In this study, we evaluated the interactions among various ecosystem services, namely carbon content, tree diversity, surface water runoff, and the net present value of timber production. We also attempted to determine the most suitable basal area level that best satisfies the management of these services combined. Bivariate correlations, non-linear regression models, and a multiobjective decision-making technique are used to analyze the data in the study. Results indicate that trade-offs exist between surface water runoff and tree basal area. A synergistic relationship, between net present value and carbon content with basal area, was also observed. Tree diversity has a synergistic relationship with basal area in open forests, but a trade-off relationship in denser forests. The most preferred forest management level that satisfies the desired ecosystem services is between 17 and 21 m 2 /ha of residual basal area. We hope that adopting this multiobjective study can cement collaborative strategies among Mexican resource managers, landowners, environmental groups, and others interested in forest management.

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Section: The Multi-functionality Of Forest Ecosystemsmentioning

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“…Thus, a type of compromise-based management is essential, particularly one where all interactions are addressed and objectives are weighted based on the stakeholders' preferences [28]. In this case, compromise implies an "effort to approach or emulate the ideal solution as closely as possible" [16].…”

Section: The Multi-functionality Of Forest Ecosystemsmentioning

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Evaluating the Multi-Functionality of Forest Ecosystems in Northern Mexico

Pérez-Verdín

Monarrez-Gonzalez

Tecle

et al. 2018

Forests

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“…Given the limited lifespan of eucalypts, it is likely that in the next 100 years the area of old-growth eucalypt forest will further decline through senescence and fire-related mortality. Thinned stands can produce large trees more quickly than unthinned stands and large trees produce more hollows for fauna habitat than small trees (Whitford, 2002;Vesk and Mac Nally, 2006;Horner et al, 2010). As Burgman (1996) noted: "Probably most Australian old-growth forest stands eventually will burn and adequate protection will involve the provision of young forests to develop into old-growth forests".…”

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Transpiration and hydraulic traits of old and regrowth eucalypt forest in southwestern Australia

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Bond

White

et al. 2010

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…In fire-prone areas, mainly with poor site quality, the objective of adaptive forest management should focus on maintaining and promoting ecosystem protection (biodiversity, soil protection, carbon sink) in a global change scenario, which implies short-term monitoring to predict the forest structure, habitat quality, and carbon storage ratio [16]. Scientific knowledge of plant species in the seedling stage, post-fire conditions, will help managers in their decision making, such as facilitating post-fire restoration and management tools and actions according to forest characteristics, e.g., tolerance of species in harsh conditions to drought [17], reducing cost-effective restoration of degraded ecosystems.…”

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Post-Fire Seedling Recruitment and Morpho-Ecophysiological Responses to Induced Drought and Salvage Logging in Pinus halepensis Mill. Stands

Moya

Heras

López‐Serrano

et al. 2015

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Salvage logging is the commonest post-fire emergency action, but has unclear ecological effects. In the Mediterranean Basin, drought periods and fire regimes are changing and forest management should be adapted. In summer 2009, a mid-high severity fire burned 968 ha of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) forest in southeast Spain, which was submitted to salvage logging six months later. In spring 2010, plots were set in untreated and logged areas to monitor the recruitment and survival of the main tree species and three companion species: Stipa tenacissima L. (resprouter), Cistus clusii Dunal and Rosmarinus officinalis L. (obligate seeders). We evaluated responses to different scenarios in relation to intensification of summer droughts and forest management to obtain differences in water stress, growth, and gas exchange to cope with summer drought. Drought was induced by using rain-exclusion shelters and recorded ecophysiological characteristics were obtained with a portable gas exchange system. The main tree species recruitment was poor, but companion species showed a high survival ratio. Lower water stress was found for obligate seeder seedlings, which was higher in logged areas with induced drought. The initial post-fire stage was similar for the studied areas. However, after two drought periods (2010 and 2011), significant differences were found in the morphological and ecophysiological responses. In the unmanaged area, the biggest size of individuals due to the most marked increases in height and coverage were observed mainly in resprouter S. tenacissima. In the area submitted to salvage logging, the growth ratios in plots with induced drought were OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 1859 lower, mainly for seeders. Greater productivity was related to higher transpiration, stomatal conductance, and net photosynthetic ratio, but lower water use efficiency was found in obligate seeders with no drought induction, and S. tenacissima obtained higher values in untreated areas. Our results confirm that both forest management and intensification of summer droughts influenced the resilience and productivity of the ecosystems in the short term. Adaptive forest management after fire can imply successful survival and recovery of plant communities in the mid to long term. This study provide a scientific basis to develop tools for the post-fire restoration of serotinous pine forests occurring in low-altitudinal areas of the Mediterranean Basin, prone to summer droughts and fire events.

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Forest structure, habitat and carbon benefits from thinning floodplain forests: Managing early stand density makes a difference

Cited by 79 publications

References 58 publications

Evaluating the Multi-Functionality of Forest Ecosystems in Northern Mexico

Evaluating the Multi-Functionality of Forest Ecosystems in Northern Mexico

Transpiration and hydraulic traits of old and regrowth eucalypt forest in southwestern Australia

Post-Fire Seedling Recruitment and Morpho-Ecophysiological Responses to Induced Drought and Salvage Logging in Pinus halepensis Mill. Stands

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