Abstract
The European biodiversity and forest strategies rely on forest sustainable management (SFM) to conserve forest biodiversity. However, current sustainability assessments hardly account for direct biodiversity indicators. We focused on forest multi-taxon biodiversity to: i) gather and map the existing information; ii) identify knowledge and research gaps; iii) discuss its research potential. We established a research network to fit data on species, standing trees, lying deadwood and sampling unit description from 34 local datasets across 3591 sampling units. A total of 8724 species were represented, with the share of common and rare species varying across taxonomic classes: some included many species with several rare ones (e.g., Insecta); others (e.g., Bryopsida) were represented by few common species. Tree-related structural attributes were sampled in a subset of sampling units (2889; 2356; 2309 and 1388 respectively for diameter, height, deadwood and microhabitats). Overall, multi-taxon studies are biased towards mature forests and may underrepresent the species related to other developmental phases. European forest compositional categories were all represented, but beech forests were over-represented as compared to thermophilous and boreal forests. Most sampling units (94%) were referred to a habitat type of conservation concern. Existing information may support European conservation and SFM strategies in: (i) methodological harmonization and coordinated monitoring; (ii) definition and testing of SFM indicators and thresholds; (iii) data-driven assessment of the effects of environmental and management drivers on multi-taxon forest biological and functional diversity, (iv) multi-scale forest monitoring integrating in-situ and remotely sensed information.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 110176 |
Journal | Biological Conservation |
Volume | 284 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISSN | 0006-3207 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
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Funding Information:This review was funded by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020 through the COST Association ( www.cost.eu ): COST Action CA18207: BOTTOMS-UP – Biodiversity Of Temperate forest Taxa Orienting Management Sustainability by Unifying Perspectives. The authors are thankful to all those experts contributing to the data here harmonized and resumed that were not listed as data contributors.
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Keywords
- Biodiversity conservation
- Forest biodiversity
- Forest stand structure
- Multi-taxon
- Sustainable management
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Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head to? / Burrascano, Sabina; Chianucci, Francesco; Trentanovi, Giovanni; Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian; Sitzia, Tommaso; Tinya, Flóra; Doerfler, Inken; Paillet, Yoan; Nagel, Thomas Andrew; Mitic, Bozena; Morillas, Lourdes; Munzi, Silvana; Van der Sluis, Theo; Alterio, Edoardo; Balducci, Lorenzo; de Andrade, Rafael Barreto; Bouget, Christophe; Giordani, Paolo; Lachat, Thibault; Matosevic, Dinka; Napoleone, Francesca; Nascimbene, Juri; Paniccia, Chiara; Roth, Nicolas; Aszalós, Réka; Brazaitis, Gediminas; Cutini, Andrea; D'Andrea, Ettore; De Smedt, Pallieter; Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob; Janssen, Philippe; Kozák, Daniel; Mårell, Anders; Mikoláš, Martin; Nordén, Björn; Matula, Radim; Schall, Peter; Svoboda, Miroslav; Ujhazyova, Mariana; Vandekerkhove, Kris; Wohlwend, Michael; Xystrakis, Fotios; Aleffi, Michele; Ammer, Christian; Archaux, Frederic; Asbeck, Thomas; Avtzis, Dimitrios; Ayasse, Manfred; Bagella, Simonetta; Balestrieri, Rosario; Barbati, Anna; Basile, Marco; Bergamini, Ariel; Bertini, Giada; Biscaccianti, Alessandro Bruno; Boch, Steffen; Bölöni, János; Bombi, Pierluigi; Boscardin, Yves; Brunialti, Giorgio; Bruun, Hans Henrik; Buscot, François; Byriel, David Bille; Campagnaro, Thomas; Campanaro, Alessandro; Chauvat, Matthieu; Ciach, Michał; Čiliak, Marek; Cistrone, Luca; Pereira, Joao Manuel Cordeiro; Daniel, Rolf; De Cinti, Bruno; De Filippo, Gabriele; Dekoninck, Wouter; Di Salvatore, Umberto; Dumas, Yann; Elek, Zoltán; Ferretti, Fabrizio; Fotakis, Dimitrios; Frank, Tamás; Frey, Julian; Giancola, Carmen; Gomoryová, Erika; Gosselin, Marion; Gosselin, Frederic; Gossner, Martin M.; Götmark, Frank; Haeler, Elena; Hansen, Aslak Kappel; Hertzog, Lionel; Hofmeister, Jeňýk; Hošek, Jan; Johannsen, Vivian Kvist; Justensen, Mathias Just; Korboulewsky, Nathalie; Kovács, Bence; Lakatos, Ferenc; Landivar, Carlos Miguel; Lens, Luc; Lingua, Emanuele; Lombardi, Fabio; Máliš, František; Marchino, Luca; Marozas, Vitas; Matteucci, Giorgio; Mattioli, Walter; Møller, Peter Friis; Müller, Jörg; Németh, Csaba; Ónodi, Gábor; Parisi, Francesco; Perot, Thomas; Perret, Sandrine; Persiani, Anna Maria; Portaccio, Alessia; Posillico, Mario; Preikša, Žydrūnas; Rahbek, Carsten; Rappa, Nolan James; Ravera, Sonia; Romano, Antonio; Samu, Ferenc; Scheidegger, Christoph; Schmidt, Inger Kappel; Schwegmann, Sebastian; Sicuriello, Flavia; Spinu, Andreea Petronela; Spyroglou, Gavriil; Stillhard, Jonas; Topalidou, Eleni; Tøttrup, Anders P.; Ujházy, Karol; Veres, Katalin; Verheyen, Kris; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Zapponi, Livia; Ódor, Péter.
In: Biological Conservation, Vol. 284, 110176, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head to?
AU - Burrascano, Sabina
AU - Chianucci, Francesco
AU - Trentanovi, Giovanni
AU - Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian
AU - Sitzia, Tommaso
AU - Tinya, Flóra
AU - Doerfler, Inken
AU - Paillet, Yoan
AU - Nagel, Thomas Andrew
AU - Mitic, Bozena
AU - Morillas, Lourdes
AU - Munzi, Silvana
AU - Van der Sluis, Theo
AU - Alterio, Edoardo
AU - Balducci, Lorenzo
AU - de Andrade, Rafael Barreto
AU - Bouget, Christophe
AU - Giordani, Paolo
AU - Lachat, Thibault
AU - Matosevic, Dinka
AU - Napoleone, Francesca
AU - Nascimbene, Juri
AU - Paniccia, Chiara
AU - Roth, Nicolas
AU - Aszalós, Réka
AU - Brazaitis, Gediminas
AU - Cutini, Andrea
AU - D'Andrea, Ettore
AU - De Smedt, Pallieter
AU - Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob
AU - Janssen, Philippe
AU - Kozák, Daniel
AU - Mårell, Anders
AU - Mikoláš, Martin
AU - Nordén, Björn
AU - Matula, Radim
AU - Schall, Peter
AU - Svoboda, Miroslav
AU - Ujhazyova, Mariana
AU - Vandekerkhove, Kris
AU - Wohlwend, Michael
AU - Xystrakis, Fotios
AU - Aleffi, Michele
AU - Ammer, Christian
AU - Archaux, Frederic
AU - Asbeck, Thomas
AU - Avtzis, Dimitrios
AU - Ayasse, Manfred
AU - Bagella, Simonetta
AU - Balestrieri, Rosario
AU - Barbati, Anna
AU - Basile, Marco
AU - Bergamini, Ariel
AU - Bertini, Giada
AU - Biscaccianti, Alessandro Bruno
AU - Boch, Steffen
AU - Bölöni, János
AU - Bombi, Pierluigi
AU - Boscardin, Yves
AU - Brunialti, Giorgio
AU - Bruun, Hans Henrik
AU - Buscot, François
AU - Byriel, David Bille
AU - Campagnaro, Thomas
AU - Campanaro, Alessandro
AU - Chauvat, Matthieu
AU - Ciach, Michał
AU - Čiliak, Marek
AU - Cistrone, Luca
AU - Pereira, Joao Manuel Cordeiro
AU - Daniel, Rolf
AU - De Cinti, Bruno
AU - De Filippo, Gabriele
AU - Dekoninck, Wouter
AU - Di Salvatore, Umberto
AU - Dumas, Yann
AU - Elek, Zoltán
AU - Ferretti, Fabrizio
AU - Fotakis, Dimitrios
AU - Frank, Tamás
AU - Frey, Julian
AU - Giancola, Carmen
AU - Gomoryová, Erika
AU - Gosselin, Marion
AU - Gosselin, Frederic
AU - Gossner, Martin M.
AU - Götmark, Frank
AU - Haeler, Elena
AU - Hansen, Aslak Kappel
AU - Hertzog, Lionel
AU - Hofmeister, Jeňýk
AU - Hošek, Jan
AU - Johannsen, Vivian Kvist
AU - Justensen, Mathias Just
AU - Korboulewsky, Nathalie
AU - Kovács, Bence
AU - Lakatos, Ferenc
AU - Landivar, Carlos Miguel
AU - Lens, Luc
AU - Lingua, Emanuele
AU - Lombardi, Fabio
AU - Máliš, František
AU - Marchino, Luca
AU - Marozas, Vitas
AU - Matteucci, Giorgio
AU - Mattioli, Walter
AU - Møller, Peter Friis
AU - Müller, Jörg
AU - Németh, Csaba
AU - Ónodi, Gábor
AU - Parisi, Francesco
AU - Perot, Thomas
AU - Perret, Sandrine
AU - Persiani, Anna Maria
AU - Portaccio, Alessia
AU - Posillico, Mario
AU - Preikša, Žydrūnas
AU - Rahbek, Carsten
AU - Rappa, Nolan James
AU - Ravera, Sonia
AU - Romano, Antonio
AU - Samu, Ferenc
AU - Scheidegger, Christoph
AU - Schmidt, Inger Kappel
AU - Schwegmann, Sebastian
AU - Sicuriello, Flavia
AU - Spinu, Andreea Petronela
AU - Spyroglou, Gavriil
AU - Stillhard, Jonas
AU - Topalidou, Eleni
AU - Tøttrup, Anders P.
AU - Ujházy, Karol
AU - Veres, Katalin
AU - Verheyen, Kris
AU - Weisser, Wolfgang W.
AU - Zapponi, Livia
AU - Ódor, Péter
N1 - Funding Information: This review was funded by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020 through the COST Association ( www.cost.eu ): COST Action CA18207: BOTTOMS-UP – Biodiversity Of Temperate forest Taxa Orienting Management Sustainability by Unifying Perspectives. The authors are thankful to all those experts contributing to the data here harmonized and resumed that were not listed as data contributors. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The European biodiversity and forest strategies rely on forest sustainable management (SFM) to conserve forest biodiversity. However, current sustainability assessments hardly account for direct biodiversity indicators. We focused on forest multi-taxon biodiversity to: i) gather and map the existing information; ii) identify knowledge and research gaps; iii) discuss its research potential. We established a research network to fit data on species, standing trees, lying deadwood and sampling unit description from 34 local datasets across 3591 sampling units. A total of 8724 species were represented, with the share of common and rare species varying across taxonomic classes: some included many species with several rare ones (e.g., Insecta); others (e.g., Bryopsida) were represented by few common species. Tree-related structural attributes were sampled in a subset of sampling units (2889; 2356; 2309 and 1388 respectively for diameter, height, deadwood and microhabitats). Overall, multi-taxon studies are biased towards mature forests and may underrepresent the species related to other developmental phases. European forest compositional categories were all represented, but beech forests were over-represented as compared to thermophilous and boreal forests. Most sampling units (94%) were referred to a habitat type of conservation concern. Existing information may support European conservation and SFM strategies in: (i) methodological harmonization and coordinated monitoring; (ii) definition and testing of SFM indicators and thresholds; (iii) data-driven assessment of the effects of environmental and management drivers on multi-taxon forest biological and functional diversity, (iv) multi-scale forest monitoring integrating in-situ and remotely sensed information.
AB - The European biodiversity and forest strategies rely on forest sustainable management (SFM) to conserve forest biodiversity. However, current sustainability assessments hardly account for direct biodiversity indicators. We focused on forest multi-taxon biodiversity to: i) gather and map the existing information; ii) identify knowledge and research gaps; iii) discuss its research potential. We established a research network to fit data on species, standing trees, lying deadwood and sampling unit description from 34 local datasets across 3591 sampling units. A total of 8724 species were represented, with the share of common and rare species varying across taxonomic classes: some included many species with several rare ones (e.g., Insecta); others (e.g., Bryopsida) were represented by few common species. Tree-related structural attributes were sampled in a subset of sampling units (2889; 2356; 2309 and 1388 respectively for diameter, height, deadwood and microhabitats). Overall, multi-taxon studies are biased towards mature forests and may underrepresent the species related to other developmental phases. European forest compositional categories were all represented, but beech forests were over-represented as compared to thermophilous and boreal forests. Most sampling units (94%) were referred to a habitat type of conservation concern. Existing information may support European conservation and SFM strategies in: (i) methodological harmonization and coordinated monitoring; (ii) definition and testing of SFM indicators and thresholds; (iii) data-driven assessment of the effects of environmental and management drivers on multi-taxon forest biological and functional diversity, (iv) multi-scale forest monitoring integrating in-situ and remotely sensed information.
KW - Biodiversity conservation
KW - Forest biodiversity
KW - Forest stand structure
KW - Multi-taxon
KW - Sustainable management
U2 - 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110176
DO - 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110176
M3 - Review
AN - SCOPUS:85163872728
VL - 284
JO - Biological Conservation
JF - Biological Conservation
SN - 0006-3207
M1 - 110176
ER -