Recovery of temperate and boreal forests after windthrow and the impacts of salvage logging. A quantitative review

Taeroe, Anders; Koning, Johannes H.C. de; Löf, Magnus; Tolvanen, Anne; Heiðarsson, Lárus; Raulund‐Rasmussen, Karsten

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2019.03.048

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“…This may, however, strongly be influenced by the prevailing browsing pressure (Cailleret et al, 2014;Kupferschmid et al, 2019). Additionally, large disturbances, such as fire, insect outbreaks or wind throw, are likely to become more frequent and/or severe with climate change and might have even more drastic effects on species composition and structure than the direct effects of climate change as analyzed in this study (Bebi et al, 2017;Seidl et al, 2017;Wohlgemuth et al, 2017;Taeroe et al, 2019).…”

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Climate Change Impacts the Protective Effect of Forests: A Case Study in Switzerland

Moos

Guisan

Randin

et al. 2021

Front. For. Glob. Change

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In steep terrain, forests play an important role as natural means of protection against natural hazards, such as rockfall. Due to climate warming, significant changes in the protection service of these forests have to be expected in future. Shifts of current to more drought adapted species may result in temporary or even irreversible losses in the reduction of rockfall risk provided by these forests. In this study, we assessed how the protective capacity against rockfall of a protection forest in the western part of the Valais in the Swiss Alps may change in future, by combining dynamic forest modelling with a quantitative risk analysis. Current and future forest development was modelled with the spatially explicit forest model TreeMig under a moderate (RCP4.5) and an extreme (RCP8.5) climate change scenario. The simulated forest scenarios were compared to ground-truth data from the current forest complex. We quantified the protective effect of the different forest scenarios based on the reduction of rockfall risk for people and infrastructure at the bottom of the slope. Rockfall risk was calculated on the basis of three-dimensional rockfall simulations. The forest simulations predicted a clear decrease in basal area of most of the currently occuring species (Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Larix decidua, and Abies alba) in future. The forest turned into a Quercus pubescens dominated forest, for both climate scenarios, mixed with Pinus sylvestris under RCP4.5. With climate warming, a clear increase in risk is expected for both climate change scenarios. In the long-term (>100 years), a stabilization of risk, or even a slight decline may be expected due to an increase in biomass of the trees. The results of this study further indicate that regular forest interventions may promote regeneration and thus accelerate the shift in species distribution. Future research should explore into more details the long-term effect of different adaptive forest management strategies on the protection service of forests under climate change.

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Section: Generalization Of the Resultsmentioning

confidence: 90%

Climate Change Impacts the Protective Effect of Forests: A Case Study in Switzerland

Moos

Guisan

Randin

et al. 2021

Front. For. Glob. Change

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“…It also occurs after pathogen attack, insect outbreak, or windthrow (Leverkus, Lindenmayer, et al., 2018; Thorn et al., 2018). Although common, this practice is highly controversial because it can have long‐lasting negative ecological consequences that impede forest recovery and resilience to future disturbances (Buma, 2015; Donato et al., 2006; Leverkus, Rey Benayas, et al., 2018; Lindenmayer & Noss, 2006; Seidl & Rammer, 2017; Taeroe et al., 2019). Consistent with prediction #3, we provide evidence that salvage logging can have a greater impact on forest regeneration, relative to forests with different disturbance histories of the same age.…”

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Temporal patterns of forest seedling emergence across different disturbance histories

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Blair

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Ecology and Evolution

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“…Take a close look at mounds and pits of uprooted trees because they are environments where the bare mineral soil is a micro-site favorable to regeneration. It can be beneficial to bring maximum light to these mounds (Attembourg 1995; Szewczyk and Szwagrzyk 1996;Zielonka andPiatek 2001, 2004;Zielonka 2006;Motta et al 2006;Génot et al 2011;Fukasawa 2012;Tsujino et al 2013;Orman and Szeczyk 2015;Guo 2016;Taeroe et al 2019).…”

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“…;Fukasawa 2012;Tsujino et al 2013;Orman and Szewczyk 2015;Guo 2016; Wohlgemuth et al 2017;Parisi et al 2018;Taeroe et al 2019)). …”

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Combined forest and soil management after a catastrophic event

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At the end of October 2018, a storm of unprecedented strength severely damaged the forests of the eastern sector of the Italian Alps. The affected forest area covers 42,500 ha. The president of one of the damaged regions asked for help from the University of Padua. After eight months of discussion, the authors of this article wrote a consensus text. The sometimes asper debate brought to light some crucial aspects: 1) even experienced specialists may have various opinions based on scientific knowledge that lead to conflicting proposals for action. For some of them there is evidence that to restore a destroyed natural environment it is more judicious to do nothing; 2) the soil corresponds to a living structure and every ecosystem’s management should be based on it; 3) faced with a catastrophe, people and politicians find themselves unarmed, also because they rarely have the scientific background to understand natural processes. Yet politicians are the only persons who make the key decisions that drive the economy in play and therefore determine the near future of our planet. This article is an attempt to respond directly to a governor with a degree in animal production science, who formally and prudently asked a university department called “Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry” for help before taking decisions; 4) the authors also propose an artistic interpretation of facts (uncontrolled storm) and conclusions (listen to the soil). Briefly, the authors identify the soil as an indispensable source for the renewal of the destroyed forest, give indications on how to prepare a map of the soils of the damaged region, and suggest to anchor on this soil map a series of silvicultural and soil management actions that will promote the soil conservation and the faster recovery of the natural dynamic stability and resilience.

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Recovery of temperate and boreal forests after windthrow and the impacts of salvage logging. A quantitative review

Cited by 42 publications

References 75 publications

Climate Change Impacts the Protective Effect of Forests: A Case Study in Switzerland

Climate Change Impacts the Protective Effect of Forests: A Case Study in Switzerland

Temporal patterns of forest seedling emergence across different disturbance histories

Combined forest and soil management after a catastrophic event

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