Forest resilience under global environmental change: Do we have the information we need? A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: The capacity of forests to recover after disturbance, i.e., their resilience, determines their ability to persist and function over time. Many variables, natural and managerial, affect forest resilience. Thus, understanding their effects is critical for the development of sound forest conservation and management strategies, especially in the context of ongoing global environmental changes. We conducted a representative review, meta-analysis, of the forest literature in this topic (search terms "forest AND resilience"). We aimed to identify natural conditions that promote or jeopardize resilience, assess the efficacy of post-disturbance management practices on forest recovery, and evaluate forest resilience under current environmental changes. We surveyed more than 2,500 articles and select

SUBMITTER: Ibanez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6742408 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature