A synthesis of multi-taxa management experiments to guide forest biodiversity conservation in Europe

0573596 - BÚ 2024 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Tinya, F. - Doerfler, I. - de Groot, M. - Heilman-Clausen, J. - Kovács, B. - Mårell, A. - Nordén, B. - Aszalós, R. - Bässler, C. - Brazaitis, G. - Burrascano, S. - Camprodon, J. - Chudomelová, Markéta - Čížek, Lukáš - D'Andrea, E. - Gossner, M. - Halme, P. - Hédl, Radim - Korboulewsky, N. - Kouiki, J. - Kozel, Petr - Lõhmus, A. - López, R. - Máliš, F. - Martín, J. A. - Matteucci, G. - Mattioli, W. - Mundet, R. - Müller, J. - Nicolas, M. - Oldén, A. - Piqué, M. - Preikša, Ž. - Rovira Ciuró, J. - Remm, L. - Schall, P. - Šebek, Pavel - Seibold, S. - Simončič, P. - Ujházy, K. - Ujházyová, M. - Vild, Ondřej - Vincenot, L. - Weisser, W. - Ódor, P.
A synthesis of multi-taxa management experiments to guide forest biodiversity conservation in Europe.
Global Ecology and Conservation. Roč. 46, October (2023), č. článku e02553. ISSN 2351-9894. E-ISSN 2351-9894
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) CA18207 - BOTTOMS-UP
Institutional support: RVO:67985939 ; RVO:60077344
Keywords : forestry treatement * microhabitat enrichment * multi-taxon
OECD category: Biodiversity conservation
Impact factor: 4, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02553

We demonstrate the potential of compiling these experiments in a single network to upscale results from the local to continental level and indicate directions for future research. Among the different forest types, temperate deciduous beech and oak-dominated forests are the best represented in the multi-taxa management experiments. Of all the experimental treatments, innovative ways of traditional management techniques (e.g., gap cutting and thinning) and conservation-oriented interventions (e.g., microhabitat enrichment) provide the best opportunity for large-scale analyses. Regarding the organism groups, woody regeneration, herbs, fungi, beetles, bryophytes, birds and lichens offer the largest potential for addressing management–biodiversity relationships at the European level. We identified knowledge gaps regarding boreal, hemiboreal and broadleaved evergreen forests, the treatments of large herbivore exclusion, prescribed burning and forest floor or water manipulations, and the monitoring of soil-dwelling organisms and some vertebrate classes, e.g., amphibians, reptiles and mammals. To improve multi-site comparisons, design of future experiments should be fitted to the set-up of the ongoing projects and standardised biodiversity sampling is suggested.
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