Reducing rotation age to address increasing disturbances in Central Europe: Potential and limitations.

ABSTRACT: Forest disturbance regimes are intensifying in many parts of the globe. In order to mitigate disturbance impacts a number of management responses have been proposed, yet their effectiveness in addressing changing disturbance regimes remains largely unknown. The strong positive relationship between forest age and the vulnerability to disturbances such as windthrows and bark beetle infestations suggests that a reduced rotation length can be a potent means for mitigating the impacts of natural disturbances. However, disturbance mitigation measures such as shortened rotation lengths (SRL) can also have undesired consequences on ecosystem services and biodiversity, which need to be considered in their application. Here, we used the process-based landscape and disturbance model iLand to investig

SUBMITTER: Zimova S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612832 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature