DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.034
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84871909265
论文题名: Linking forest management, policy and biodiversity indicators - A comparison of Lithuania and Southern Sweden
作者: Brukas V. ; Felton A. ; Lindbladh M. ; Sallnäs O.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2013
卷: 291 起始页码: 181
结束页码: 189
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Götaland
; Integrative management
; Lithuania
; National forest inventory
; Policy tools
; Segregative management
Scopus关键词: Artificial regeneration
; Biodiversity indicators
; Comparative studies
; Direct product
; Forest area
; Forest biodiversity
; Forest management practices
; Forest policy
; Forest structure
; Intensive forest management
; Lithuania
; National forest inventories
; Natural conditions
; Policy instruments
; Policy tools
; Socio-economics
; Stand age
; Timber production
; Tree diameter
; Tree species composition
; Biodiversity
; Economics
; Timber
; Reforestation
; biodiversity
; bioindicator
; comparative study
; dead wood
; ecological impact
; forest inventory
; forest management
; forestry policy
; integrated approach
; management practice
; socioeconomic conditions
; sustainability
; timber harvesting
; Lithuania
; Sweden
英文摘要: Lithuania and Southern Sweden share similar natural conditions, but differ considerably in forest policies and management; thereby providing an opportune basis for comparative studies. Since the 1990s, Sweden has attepted to reduce the negative impact of its forest management on biodiversity, after decades of intensive production forestry. In contrast, Lithuania has been intensifying forestry prmactices associated with the post-soviet socio-economic transition. Here we assess the actual outcomes by comparing selected forest structure and composition variables known to be indicators for forest biodiversity; and estimate the prospective trends by scrutinising current forest policies and management.Our results indicate that Lithuanian forests consistently possessed higher rankings in six indices related to tree species composition, stand age, and deadwood quantities that are positively associated with forest biodiversity. The reverse is indicated by those data on stand age and tree diameter that are associated with centennial dynamics in forest utilisation intensity. With respect to policy instruments, Lithuania designates a substantially greater share of forest area to non-timber functions and legislates more severe management restrictions in forests targeting timber production. Concurrently, all estimates of forestry activities indicate more intensive forest management in Southern Sweden, including a higher share of artificial regeneration and shorter rotations. This allows concluding that, if current forest management practices persist, then an increased " biodiversity gap" may be expected between the two countries. The study concludes with discussing to what degree the identified trends are the direct product of targeted policies versus merely by-products of other factors. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/66743
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作者单位: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Box 49, 230 53 Alnarp, Sweden
Recommended Citation:
Brukas V.,Felton A.,Lindbladh M.,et al. Linking forest management, policy and biodiversity indicators - A comparison of Lithuania and Southern Sweden[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2013-01-01,291