Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head to?

Burrascano, Sabina; Chianucci, Francesco; Trentanovi, Giovanni; Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian; Sitzia, Tommaso; Tinya, Flóra; Doerfler, Inken; Paillet, Yoan; Nagel, Thomas Andrew; Mitic, Bozena; Morillas, Lourdes; Munzi, Silvana; Van der Sluis, Theo; Alterio, Edoardo; Balducci, Lorenzo; de Andrade, Rafael Barreto; Bouget, Christophe; Giordani, Paolo; Lachat, Thibault; Matosevic, Dinka; ... (2023). Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head to? Biological Conservation, 284(284), p. 110176. Elsevier 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110176

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The European biodiversity and forest strategies rely on forest sustainable management (SFM) to conserve forest biodiversity. However, current sustainability assessments hardly account for direct biodiversity indicators. We focused on forest multi-taxon biodiversity to: i) gather and map the existing information; ii) identify knowledge and research gaps; iii) discuss its research potential. We established a research network to fit data on species, standing trees, lying deadwood and sampling unit description from 34 local datasets across 3591 sampling units. A total of 8724 species were represented, with the share of common and rare species varying across taxonomic classes: some included many species with several rare ones (e.g., Insecta); others (e.g., Bryopsida) were represented by few common species. Tree-related structural attributes were sampled in a subset of sampling units (2889; 2356; 2309 and 1388 respectively for diameter, height, deadwood and microhabitats). Overall, multi-taxon studies are biased towards mature forests and may underrepresent the species related to other developmental phases. European forest compositional categories were all represented, but beech forests were over-represented as compared to thermophilous and boreal forests. Most sampling units (94%) were referred to a habitat type of conservation concern. Existing information may support European conservation and SFM strategies in: (i) methodological harmonization and coordinated monitoring; (ii) definition and testing of SFM indicators and thresholds; (iii) data-driven assessment of the effects of environmental and management drivers on multi-taxon forest biological and functional diversity, (iv) multi-scale forest monitoring integrating in-situ and remotely sensed information.

Item Type:

 Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

 School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Multifunctional Forest Management > Forest Ecosystem and Management

Name:

 Burrascano, Sabina;
Chianucci, Francesco;
Trentanovi, Giovanni;
Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian;
Sitzia, Tommaso;
Tinya, Flóra;
Doerfler, Inken;
Paillet, Yoan;
Nagel, Thomas Andrew;
Mitic, Bozena;
Morillas, Lourdes;
Munzi, Silvana;
Van der Sluis, Theo;
Alterio, Edoardo;
Balducci, Lorenzo;
de Andrade, Rafael Barreto;
Bouget, Christophe;
Giordani, Paolo;
Lachat, Thibault0000-0003-3952-7443;
Matosevic, Dinka;
Napoleone, Francesca;
Nascimbene, Juri;
Paniccia, Chiara;
Roth, Nicolas;
Aszalós, Réka;
Brazaitis, Gediminas;
Cutini, Andrea;
D'Andrea, Ettore;
De Smedt, Pallieter;
Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob;
Janssen, Philippe;
Kozák, Daniel;
Mårell, Anders;
Mikoláš, Martin;
Nordén, Björn;
Matula, Radim;
Schall, Peter;
Svoboda, Miroslav;
Ujhazyova, Mariana;
Vandekerkhove, Kris;
Wohlwend, Michael;
Xystrakis, Fotios;
Aleffi, Michele;
Ammer, Christian;
Archaux, Frederic;
Asbeck, Thomas;
Avtzis, Dimitrios;
Ayasse, Manfred;
Bagella, Simonetta;
Balestrieri, Rosario;
Barbati, Anna;
Basile, Marco;
Bergamini, Ariel;
Bertini, Giada;
Biscaccianti, Alessandro Bruno;
Boch, Steffen;
Bölöni, János;
Bombi, Pierluigi;
Boscardin, Yves;
Brunialti, Giorgio;
Bruun, Hans Henrik;
Buscot, François;
Byriel, David Bille;
Campagnaro, Thomas;
Campanaro, Alessandro;
Chauvat, Matthieu;
Ciach, Michał;
Čiliak, Marek;
Cistrone, Luca;
Pereira, Joao Manuel Cordeiro;
Daniel, Rolf;
De Cinti, Bruno;
De Filippo, Gabriele;
Dekoninck, Wouter;
Di Salvatore, Umberto;
Dumas, Yann;
Elek, Zoltán;
Ferretti, Fabrizio;
Fotakis, Dimitrios;
Frank, Tamás;
Frey, Julian;
Giancola, Carmen;
Gomoryová, Erika;
Gosselin, Marion;
Gosselin, Frederic;
Gossner, Martin M.;
Götmark, Frank;
Haeler, Elena;
Hansen, Aslak Kappel;
Hertzog, Lionel;
Hofmeister, Jeňýk;
Hošek, Jan;
Johannsen, Vivian Kvist;
Justensen, Mathias Just;
Korboulewsky, Nathalie;
Kovács, Bence;
Lakatos, Ferenc;
Landivar, Carlos Miguel;
Lens, Luc;
Lingua, Emanuele;
Lombardi, Fabio;
Máliš, František;
Marchino, Luca;
Marozas, Vitas;
Matteucci, Giorgio;
Mattioli, Walter;
Møller, Peter Friis;
Müller, Jörg;
Németh, Csaba;
Ónodi, Gábor;
Parisi, Francesco;
Perot, Thomas;
Perret, Sandrine;
Persiani, Anna Maria;
Portaccio, Alessia;
Posillico, Mario;
Preikša, Žydrūnas;
Rahbek, Carsten;
Rappa, Nolan James;
Ravera, Sonia;
Romano, Antonio;
Samu, Ferenc;
Scheidegger, Urs Christoph;
Schmidt, Inger Kappel;
Schwegmann, Sebastian;
Sicuriello, Flavia;
Spinu, Andreea Petronela;
Spyroglou, Gavriil;
Stillhard, Jonas;
Topalidou, Eleni;
Tøttrup, Anders P.;
Ujházy, Karol;
Veres, Katalin;
Verheyen, Kris;
Weisser, Wolfgang W.;
Zapponi, Livia and
Ódor, Péter

Subjects:

 Q Science > Q Science (General)

ISSN:

 0006-3207

Publisher:

 Elsevier

Language:

 English

Submitter:

 Thibault Lachat

Date Deposited:

 15 Feb 2024 09:54

Last Modified:

 19 Feb 2024 12:07

Publisher DOI:

 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110176

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Uncontrolled Keywords:

 Forest biodiversity Multi-taxon Sustainable management Biodiversity conservation Forest stand structure

ARBOR DOI:

 10.24451/arbor.21243

URI:

 https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/21243

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