Spatial occurrence of major tree species groups in Europe derived from multiple data sources

Tröltzsch, Katja; Brusselen, Jo Van; Schuck, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.012

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“…For simplification, we considered that all European Pinus species are potential hosts. The European Forest Institute provided a GIS map of the proportion of Pinus in the total land area at a resolution of 1 9 1 km (see Tröltzsch et al 2009 for further details) (Fig. 2a).…”

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Applying a spread model to identify the entry points from which the pine wood nematode, the vector of pine wilt disease, would spread most rapidly across Europe

Robinet¹,

Opstal

Baker

et al. 2011

Biol Invasions

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Applying a spread model to identify the entry points from which the pine wood nematode, the vector of pine wilt disease, would spread most rapidly across Europe

Robinet¹,

Opstal

Baker

et al. 2011

Biol Invasions

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“…First of all it is worth noting that ICP Forests data have some limitations when used for analysis of tree species diversity (Tröltzsch et al 2009). The plot density 16 km × Fig.…”

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“…Contrary, blue colors depict the species that tend not to cooccur. White cells indicate those pairs, where the null hypothesis of no association between given pair of species could not be rejected at the statistical significance level 0.05 Forests plot data are considered to be representative at the regional level and there is positive experience of their use for biodiversity assessment (Tröltzsch et al 2009;Meier et al 2012). Finally, as it was already mentioned, for a large area in Northwest Russia these data are the only available for analysis with regular survey grid.…”

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“…There is evidence of a positive relationship between the tree species diversity and ecosystem functioning (Gamfeldt et al 2013). Recent studies have shown that ICP Forests data can be successfully used to assess tree diversity (Tröltzsch et al 2009;Brus et al 2012). In Russia the monitoring network ICP Forests spans over 1700 km along the western Russian border and covers six northwestern regions (Lukina et al 2013).…”

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Tree diversity patterns along the latitudinal gradient in the northwestern Russia

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Background: One of the key forest characteristics is the biodiversity, particularly the diversity of trees which are forest ecosystem engineers. Nowadays the most worldwide common approach for assessment of forest conditions and dynamics is based on the systematic monitoring, performed at a set of regularly structured plots. To fulfill the existing gap in this sort of knowledge on the Russian forests, an extensive study of tree species diversity on a regular network was conducted in north-west of Russia. Methods: The study used the ICP Forests monitoring network that spans over 1700 km along the western Russian border from forest-tundra in the north to broadleaved-coniferous forests in the south. Tree data were collected at 710 sites that were assigned along a regular grid. We performed series of statistical analyses of the tree species distribution and diversity in relation to environmental and anthropogenic factors. Results: According to the Maxent species distribution modelling results only Pinus sylvestris, Betula sp. and Picea abies have the potential to grow throughout the study area. The locally maximum tree species diversity varies along the latitudinal gradient from 1 to 3 species in the north to 5-7 species in the south. Monocultural stands are relatively abundant across the study area, being especially common in the south taiga. The prevailing part of the monocultural stands is represented by Scots pine (72%). The age distribution of dominant trees has a clear connection with the intensity of forest use. We found that recent wildfire events had only little effect on tree diversity in the study area. Conclusions: We demonstrated that ICP Forests monitoring network enables to successfully establish the main qualitative and quantitative relations of the spatial variation of tree species diversity to climatic, landscape, soil and anthropogenic factors. Analysis of the influence of these factors on tree species distribution allowed us to conclude that with the continuing trend of reducing the frequency and intensity of fires, Norway spruce will further replace Scots pine and Betula sp. in the north-western Russia. Extending the monitoring network, especially adding the time-series context, could provide novel appealing opportunities for forest dynamics projection and sustainable management.

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“…In addition to forest and forest-type maps, maps of tree species distribution have been found to be extremely important for forest resources evaluation, biodiversity assessment and forest planning (e.g. Tröltzsch et al 2009;Brus et al 2011). In addition, there are specialized forest maps, such as forest management maps by Hengeveld et al (2012), forest biomass maps by Barredo et al (2012), or various global forest and landcover maps (e.g.…”

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Free European data on forest distribution: overview and evaluation

Trombik¹,

Hlásny²

2013

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A growing need for the evaluation of prospects and sustainability of forest resources calls for the availability of harmonized data on forest distribution. We described and evaluated nine datasets providing such information: Corine LandCover, four European forest maps and four tree species distribution maps. Apart from providing a condensed overview of these datasets, we focused on the match between selected forest maps and forest management plans (FMPs) of Slovakia, which can be thought of as highly accurate information on forest distribution. The degree of match between forest and species area, within 306 forest administrative districts of Slovakia, was used as an indicator of accuracy. In addition, the match between the total forest and species area in Slovakia, given by FMPs and by evaluated datasets, was addressed. We found a high degree of match for the datasets on forest distribution (R-square 0.77–0.93, depending on the dataset), as well as strong agreement in total forest area (± 5%). Both indicators are worse in the case of forest type evaluation (coniferous and broadleaved). Poor results were obtained for tree species maps, which under- or overestimated species areas by tens of per cent, although differences were highly variable among species. The obtained results are valid mainly for temperate forests.

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Spatial occurrence of major tree species groups in Europe derived from multiple data sources

Cited by 35 publications

References 4 publications

Applying a spread model to identify the entry points from which the pine wood nematode, the vector of pine wilt disease, would spread most rapidly across Europe

Applying a spread model to identify the entry points from which the pine wood nematode, the vector of pine wilt disease, would spread most rapidly across Europe

Tree diversity patterns along the latitudinal gradient in the northwestern Russia

Free European data on forest distribution: overview and evaluation

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