Buffer strips can pre-empt extinction debt in boreal streamside habitats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Conservation of biological diversity and economical utilization of natural resources form an almost inevitable confrontation between the two. In practice, however, a balance between the two ought to be found, and in managed boreal forests, preservation of woodland key habitats is increasingly used strategy to safeguard biological diversity. According to the Finnish Forests Act, certain Forest Act habitat (FAH) types must be safeguarded, provided they are clearly distinguishable from their surroundings. Furthermore, once the habitat has been identified as a FAH, its special characteristics must not be altered. Both of these aspects contain ambiguities that potentially undermine the practical application of the Act. We designed a replicated sampling study to address these

SUBMITTER: Selonen VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3716660 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature