DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.05.013
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84879530092
论文题名: Land ownership drives stand structure and carbon storage of deciduous temperate forests
作者: Schaich H. ; Plieninger T.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2013
卷: 305 起始页码: 146
结束页码: 157
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Biodiversity conservation
; Dead wood
; Ecosystem services
; Fagus sylvatica
; Forest management
; Land tenure
Scopus关键词: Biodiversity conservation
; Dead wood
; Ecosystem services
; Fagus sylvatica
; Land tenure
; Biodiversity
; Conservation
; Ecosystems
; Wood
; Forestry
; biodiversity
; carbon sequestration
; cultural landscape
; dead wood
; deciduous forest
; deciduous tree
; ecosystem service
; forest ecosystem
; forest management
; land tenure
; landownership
; management practice
; old-growth forest
; private land
; stand structure
; sustainable forestry
; temperate forest
; Biodiversity
; Conservation
; Dead Wood
; Ecosystems
; Fagus Sylvatica
; Forest Management
; Forestry
; Wood
; Germany
英文摘要: In European cultural landscapes, forest area is subdivided into a mosaic of stands of different ownership types and sizes. Differences in ownership and different goals of the owners have a potentially decisive influence on the provision of forest ecosystem services and the implementation of instruments for the conservation of biodiversity. This study hypothesizes that forest ownership is an indirect determinant of forest management approaches and is thereby relevant for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration. We compared structure and species composition of forest stands in clusters of different ownership types, namely state-owned, municipal and small-scale private forests, in southwestern Germany. Although close-to-nature management has been practiced in public forests for some time, our study demonstrates that tree species diversity does not vary significantly between ownership types but is correlated with biogeographical factors. However, small-scale private forests comprise significantly higher levels of structural diversity, more dead wood and greater carbon storage capacity than both categories of public forests. This is contrary to other studies, where publicly owned lands were found to host higher biodiversity, and differs from the global trend, where continued fragmentation of private lands threatens forest sustainability. The importance of small-scale private forests, e.g. for the conservation of old-growth and dead wood dependent species, seems due to less intensive and more diverse forest management. The role of such forests for biodiversity conservation and carbon regulation may be jeopardized through forest conversion and wood mobilization initiatives accompanying rising natural resource prices. To safeguard forest biodiversity and ecosystem services, ownership-specific incentive schemes should be coordinated and refined. In public forests, close-to-nature management approaches should be complemented with binding goals aimed at promoting old-growth forest attributes and allowing site-specific variation in management practices. To conserve diversity in small-scale private forests, financial incentives and remuneration schemes for the provisioning of forest biodiversity and ecosystem services should be developed. Moreover, consulting and the provision of information on sustainable forest and conservation management should be intensified. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/66435
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作者单位: Chair for Landscape Management, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany; Ecosystem Services Research Group, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 10117 Berlin, Germany; Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Schaich H.,Plieninger T.. Land ownership drives stand structure and carbon storage of deciduous temperate forests[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2013-01-01,305