Trends in modeling to address forest management and environmental challenges in Europe: Introduction

Bugmann, Harald; Palahí, Marc; Bontemps, H D; Tomé, Margarida

doi:10.5424/fs/201019s-9319

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“…Over the past few decades, planning for sustainable forest management has evolved from focusing solely on optimizing harvesting from an economic perspective (Ware & Clutter 1971) to integrating an increasing variety of other values (Cubbage et al 2007;Hahn & Knoke 2010). The wider definition of sustainable forest management includes a combination of environmental, social and economic goals (McDonald & Lane 2004;Parviainen 2010) where the environmental objectives include areas such as water purification, soil protection and climate regulation (Bugmann et al 2010). Thus, ways of mitigating negative impacts on water quality have become an increasingly important aspect within forest planning (Laudon et al 2016).…”

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Comparing buffer zone alternatives in forest planning using a decision support system

Lundström

Öhman

Laudon

2018

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

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Increased awareness of the connection between forest management activities and negative effects on water quality means that forestry needs to consider its potential impact on the aquatic environment when planning operations. Protective buffer zones are effective, but their design can vary. To be able to incorporate up-to-date scientific theory into practical applications easy-to-use planning tools are needed. In this study, we evaluate different buffer zone alternatives by using the freely available decision support system Heureka. The consequences on both economic and ecological values over a time period of 100 years were evaluated for two buffer zone approaches and three management alternatives within the buffer zones. Results indicated that there is a trade-off between economic and ecological values when managing the buffer zones. To be able to perform the analyses within Heureka, a new tool was developed. This software development provides access to a forest planning tool that can help improve nature conservation.

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Comparing buffer zone alternatives in forest planning using a decision support system

Lundström

Öhman

Laudon

2018

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

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“…We use international and newly available databases (e.g. ICP Forests Network (de Vries et al 2003) and European Soil Database (ESBN 2004)) that provide crucial information for studies simulating forest productivity under changing environmental conditions (Bugmann et al 2010). Furthermore, to account for the uncertainty arising from climate change models as important inputs of forest modelling, we rely on several climate change scenarios from different regional climate models.…”

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Projections of regional changes in forest net primary productivity for different tree species in Europe driven by climate change and carbon dioxide

Reyer¹,

Lasch-Born²,

Suckow³

et al. 2013

Annals of Forest Science

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& Context Projecting changes in forest productivity in Europe is crucial for adapting forest management to changing environmental conditions. & Aims The objective of this paper is to project forest productivity changes under different climate change scenarios at a large number of sites in Europe with a stand-scale processbased model. & Methods We applied the process-based forest growth model 4C at 132 typical forest sites of important European tree species in ten environmental zones using climate change scenarios from three different climate models and two different assumptions about CO 2 effects on productivity. & Results This paper shows that future forest productivity will be affected by climate change and that these effects depend strongly on the climate scenario used and the persistence of CO 2 effects. We find that productivity increases in Northern Europe, increases or decreases in Central Europe, and decreases in Southern Europe. This geographical pattern is mirrored by the responses of the individual tree species. The productivity of Scots pine and Norway spruce, mostly located in central and northern Europe, increases while the productivity of Common beech and oak in southern regions decreases. It is important to note that we consider the physiological response to climate change excluding disturbances or management. & Conclusions Different climate change scenarios and assumptions about the persistence of CO 2 effects lead to uncertain projections of future forest productivity. These uncertainties need to be integrated into forest management planning and adaptation of forest management to climate change using adaptive management frameworks. Keywords 4C (FORESEE). CO 2 effects. Environmental change. Level-II plots. Process-based modelling. Uncertainties

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“…On the other hand, the vulnerability of the different tree species toward climate change must be considered [91]. Modeling stand water budgets are considered an important tool to reconsider species-specific thresholds in drought tolerance and future prospective, e.g., [92]. For the state of Brandenburg, a concept is developed, based on species-site relationships, which makes suggestions about tree selection under climate change scenarios [19].…”

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Water Budgets of Managed Forests in Northeast Germany under Climate Change—Results from a Model Study on Forest Monitoring Sites

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To develop measures to reduce the vulnerability of forests to drought, it is necessary to estimate specific water balances in sites and to estimate their development with climate change scenarios. We quantified the water balance of seven forest monitoring sites in northeast Germany for the historical time period 1961–2019, and for climate change projections for the time period 2010–2100. We used the LWF-BROOK90 hydrological model forced with historical data, and bias-adjusted data from two models of the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) downscaled with regional climate models under the representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 2.6 and 8.5. Site-specific monitoring data were used to give a realistic model input and to calibrate and validate the model. The results revealed significant trends (evapotranspiration, dry days (actual/potential transpiration < 0.7)) toward drier conditions within the historical time period and demonstrate the extreme conditions of 2018 and 2019. Under RCP8.5, both models simulate an increase in evapotranspiration and dry days. The response of precipitation to climate change is ambiguous, with increasing precipitation with one model. Under RCP2.6, both models do not reveal an increase in drought in 2071–2100 compared to 1990–2019. The current temperature increase fits RCP8.5 simulations, suggesting that this scenario is more realistic than RCP2.6.

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Trends in modeling to address forest management and environmental challenges in Europe: Introduction

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

Comparing buffer zone alternatives in forest planning using a decision support system

Comparing buffer zone alternatives in forest planning using a decision support system

Projections of regional changes in forest net primary productivity for different tree species in Europe driven by climate change and carbon dioxide

Water Budgets of Managed Forests in Northeast Germany under Climate Change—Results from a Model Study on Forest Monitoring Sites

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