DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.037
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84924785498
论文题名: Quantifying the recovery of old-growth attributes in forest reserves: A first reference for France
作者: Paillet Y. ; Pernot C. ; Boulanger V. ; Debaive N. ; Fuhr M. ; Gilg O. ; Gosselin F.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2015
卷: 346 起始页码: 51
结束页码: 64
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Deadwood
; Forest management
; Forest reserves
; Large trees
; Stand structure
; Time since abandonment
Scopus关键词: Conservation
; Restoration
; Deadwood
; Forest reserves
; Large trees
; Stand structures
; Time since abandonment
; Forestry
; forest dynamics
; forest management
; lowland environment
; mountain region
; old-growth forest
; reserve design
; restoration ecology
; Dead Wood
; Forest Management
; Trees
; France
英文摘要: Over the past centuries in Western Europe, the long history of forest management has shaped both landscape- and local-scale forest structures. In France, a network of strict forest reserves was created in the 1950s to serve as a reference for nature conservation and forest dynamics. However, few studies to date have quantitatively compared the structural characteristics between managed stands and the reserves, where management has been (more or less recently) abandoned. In addition, the time needed for old-growth characteristics to restore themselves in strict forest reserves remains poorly known.We analysed the differences in stand characteristics between managed and unmanaged stands in 17 French forests (233 plots) located in both lowland and in mountainous regions. We quantitatively showed that overall basal area, very large trees and deadwood features were significantly higher in unmanaged forests, though this pattern was mainly found in the lowland forests while in mountainous regions, managed and unmanaged forests showed far fewer differences. In addition, most structural characteristics that were higher in unmanaged forests also increased with the time since last harvesting.Compared to the remaining old-growth forests elsewhere in Europe, the strict forest reserves in France often appear less mature, since they are still recovering from centuries of intensive management. Our results also show lower levels than those observed in other European studies on the restoration of old-growth characteristics over time; this indicates that it will take French reserves a very long time to reach values comparable to old-growth references in Europe. Our study constitutes one of the first references on unmanaged forests in France and may serve practitioners in their everyday management. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65469
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作者单位: Irstea, UR EFNO, Domaine des Barres, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France; Office National des Forêts, Département Recherche et Développement, Boulevard de Constance, Fontainebleau, France; Réserves Naturelles de France, 6 bis rue de la Gouge, BP 100, Quétigny Cedex, France; Office National des Forêts, Direction de l'Environnement et des Risques Naturels, 6, avenue de Saint-Mandé, Paris Cedex 12, France; Irstea, UR EMGR, 2 rue de la Papeterie, BP 76, St-Martin-d'Hères cedex, France
Recommended Citation:
Paillet Y.,Pernot C.,Boulanger V.,et al. Quantifying the recovery of old-growth attributes in forest reserves: A first reference for France[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2015-01-01,346