Words apart: Standardizing forestry terms and definitions across European biodiversity studies
Forest biodiversity studies conducted across Europe use a multitude of forestry terms, often inconsistently. This hinders the comparability across studies and makes the assessment of the impacts of forest management on biodiversity highly context-dependent. Recent attempts to standardize forestry and stand description terminology mostly used a top-down approach that did not account for the perspectives and approaches of forest biodiversity experts. This work aims to establish common standards for silvicultural and vegetation definitions, creating a shared conceptual framework for a consistent study on the effects of forest management on biodiversity. We have identified both strengths and weaknesses of the silvicultural and vegetation information provided in forest biodiversity studies. While quantitative data on forest biomass and dominant tree species are frequently included, information on silvicultural activities and vegetation composition is often lacking, shallow, or based on broad and heterogeneous classifications. We discuss the existing classifications and their use in European forest biodiversity studies through a novel bottom-up and top-driven review process, and ultimately propose a common framework. This will enhance the comparability of forest biodiversity studies in Europe, and puts the basis for effective implementation and monitoring of sustainable forest management policies. The standards here proposed are potentially adaptable and applicable to other geographical areas and could be extended to other forest interventions.
Details
| Volume | 10 |
|---|---|
| Type | A1: Web of Science-artikel |
| Categorie | Onderzoek |
| Tijdschrift | Forest Ecosystems |
| Issns | 2197-5620 |
| Taal | Engels |
Bibtex
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title = "Words apart: Standardizing forestry terms and definitions across European biodiversity studies",
abstract = "Forest biodiversity studies conducted across Europe use a multitude of forestry terms, often inconsistently. This hinders the comparability across studies and makes the assessment of the impacts of forest management on biodiversity highly context-dependent. Recent attempts to standardize forestry and stand description terminology mostly used a top-down approach that did not account for the perspectives and approaches of forest biodiversity experts. This work aims to establish common standards for silvicultural and vegetation definitions, creating a shared conceptual framework for a consistent study on the effects of forest management on biodiversity. We have identified both strengths and weaknesses of the silvicultural and vegetation information provided in forest biodiversity studies. While quantitative data on forest biomass and dominant tree species are frequently included, information on silvicultural activities and vegetation composition is often lacking, shallow, or based on broad and heterogeneous classifications. We discuss the existing classifications and their use in European forest biodiversity studies through a novel bottom-up and top-driven review process, and ultimately propose a common framework. This will enhance the comparability of forest biodiversity studies in Europe, and puts the basis for effective implementation and monitoring of sustainable forest management policies. The standards here proposed are potentially adaptable and applicable to other geographical areas and could be extended to other forest interventions.",
author = "Giovanni Trentanovi and Thomas Campagnaro and Tommaso Sitzia and Francesco Chianucci and Giorgio Vacchiano and Christian Ammer and Michał Ciach and Thomas A. Nagel and Miren del Río and Yoan Paillet and Silvana Munzi and Kris Vandekerkhove and Andrés Bravo-Oviedo and Andrea Cutini and Ettore D'Andrea and Pallieter De Smedt and Inken Doerfler and Dimitris Fotakis and Jacob Heilmann-Clausen and Jeňýk Hofmeister and Jan Hošek and Philippe Janssen and Sebastian Kepfer Rojas and Nathalie Korboulewsky and Bence Kovács and Daniel Kozák and thibault Lachat and Anders Mårell and Radim Matula and Martin Mikoláš and Björn Nordén and Péter Ódor and Marko Perović and Elisabeth Pötzelsberger and Peter Schall and Miroslav Svoboda and Flóra Tinya and Mariana Ujházyová and Sabina Burrascano",
year = "2023",
month = jul,
day = "23",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2023.100128",
language = "Nederlands",
publisher = "Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek",
address = "België,
type = "Other"
}
Auteurs
Giovanni TrentanoviThomas Campagnaro
Tommaso Sitzia
Francesco Chianucci
Giorgio Vacchiano
Christian Ammer
Michał Ciach
Thomas A. Nagel
Miren del Río
Yoan Paillet
Silvana Munzi
Kris Vandekerkhove
Andrés Bravo-Oviedo
Andrea Cutini
Ettore D'Andrea
Pallieter De Smedt
Inken Doerfler
Dimitris Fotakis
Jacob Heilmann-Clausen
Jeňýk Hofmeister
Jan Hošek
Philippe Janssen
Sebastian Kepfer Rojas
Nathalie Korboulewsky
Bence Kovács
Daniel Kozák
thibault Lachat
Anders Mårell
Radim Matula
Martin Mikoláš
Björn Nordén
Péter Ódor
Marko Perović
Elisabeth Pötzelsberger
Peter Schall
Miroslav Svoboda
Flóra Tinya
Mariana Ujházyová
Sabina Burrascano
