DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.020
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84873875529
论文题名: Commonality and variability in the structural attributes of moist temperate old-growth forests: A global review
作者: Burrascano S. ; Keeton W.S. ; Sabatini F.M. ; Blasi C.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2013
卷: 291 起始页码: 458
结束页码: 479
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Biodiversity
; Carbon sequestration
; CWD
; Forest dynamics
; LAB
; Late-successional forests
; Literature search
; LLT
; QMD
; Sustainable forest management
Scopus关键词: Carbon sequestration
; CWD
; Forest dynamics
; LAB
; Late-successional forests
; Literature search
; LLT
; QMD
; Sustainable forest management
; Biodiversity
; Ecology
; Forestry
; aboveground biomass
; abundance
; age class
; basal area
; carbon sequestration
; coarse woody debris
; conservation planning
; data set
; environmental stress
; forest dynamics
; forest management
; global perspective
; land use change
; literature review
; Monte Carlo analysis
; old-growth forest
; research work
; succession
; sustainable forestry
; temperate forest
; Biomass
; Forests
; Growth
; Moisture
; Sustainable Forest Management
; Central Asia
; Russian Federation
; West Asia
英文摘要: Temperate forests have been fundamentally altered by land use and other stressors globally; these have reduced the abundance of primary and old-growth forests in particular. Despite many regional studies, the literature lacks a global synthesis of temperate old-growth structural characteristics. In this study we compare literature derived data on mature and old-growth moist temperate forests with the aim of: (i) exploring global commonalities; (ii) investigating sources of variability among systems; and (iii) highlighting data gaps and research needs. We compiled a dataset of 147 records from 93 papers, and analyzed a set of structural indicators: basal area, stem density, large living trees, live aboveground biomass, quadratic mean diameter, and coarse woody debris volume. These indicators were contrasted between mature and old-growth age classes at a global level and across continents and broad forest types, testing for significance through Monte-Carlo permutation procedure. We also related structural indicators to age, climatic and geographical descriptors. Our results suggest that all structural indicators vary across systems in relation to geographical, compositional, and climatic influences. However old-growth forests showed global commonalities in structure when compared to mature forests: significantly higher densities of large living trees, higher quadratic mean diameter, and higher amounts of live aboveground biomass and coarse woody debris. Furthermore we found inconsistency in the structural variables reported by different papers; lack of studies on temperate forests in Russia, and Western and Central Asia. The findings improve our understanding of old-growth structure and function, and will help inform sustainable forest management and conservation approaches world-wide. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/66775
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作者单位: Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States
Recommended Citation:
Burrascano S.,Keeton W.S.,Sabatini F.M.,et al. Commonality and variability in the structural attributes of moist temperate old-growth forests: A global review[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2013-01-01,291