Biodiversity response to forest management intensity, carbon stocks and net primary production in temperate montane forests.

ABSTRACT: Managed forests are a key component of strategies aimed at tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. Tapping this potential requires a better understanding of the complex, simultaneous effects of forest management on biodiversity, carbon stocks and productivity. Here, we used data of 135 one-hectare plots from southwestern Germany to disentangle the relative influence of gradients of management intensity, carbon stocks and forest productivity on different components of forest biodiversity (birds, bats, insects, plants) and tree-related microhabitats. We tested whether the composition of taxonomic groups varies gradually or abruptly along these gradients. The richness of taxonomic groups was rather insensitive to management intensity, carbon stocks and forest productivity. Despite the l

SUBMITTER: Asbeck T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7810709 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature