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

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F23%3A97122" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/23:97122 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110176" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110176</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110176" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110176</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

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

Original language description

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 repre-sented 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 develop-mental 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 stra-tegies in: (i) methodological harmonization and coordinated monitoring; (ii) definition and testing of SFM in-dicators 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.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biological Conservation

ISSN

0006-3207

e-ISSN

0006-3207

Volume of the periodical

284

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2023

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1-13

UT code for WoS article

001037001400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85163872728