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, multitaxon 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 overrepresented 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.

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, Flòra; Doerfler, Inken; Paillet, Yoan; Andrew Nagel, Thomas; Mitic, Bozena; Morillas, Lourdes; Munzi, Silvana; Van der Sluis, Theo; Alterio, Edoardo; Balducci, Lorenzo; Barreto de Andrade, Rafael; Bouget, Christophe; Giordani, Paolo; Lachat, Thibault; Matosevic, Dinka; Napoleone, Francesca; Nascimbene, Juri; Paniccia, Chiara; Roth, Nicolas; Aszalòs, Réka; Brazaitis, Gediminas; Cutini, Andrea; D’Andrea, Ettore; De Smedt, Pallieter; Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob; Janssen, Philippe; Kozàk, Daniel; Mårell, Anders; Mikolàs, Martin; Nordén, Bjòrn; 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; Bruno Biscaccianti, Alessandro; Boch, Steffen; Bòlòni, J´anos; Bombi, Pierluigi; Boscardin, Yves; Brunialti, Giorgio; Henrik Bruun, Hans; Buscot, François; Bille Byriel, David; Campagnaro, Thomas; Campanaro, Alessandro; Chauvat, Matthieu; Ciach, Michał; Ciliak, Marek; Cistrone, Luca; Manuel Cordeiro Pereira, Joao; Daniel, Rolf; De Cinti, Bruno; De Filippo, Gabriele; Dekoninck, Wouter; Di Salvatore, Umberto; Dumas, Yann; Elek, Zoltàn; Ferretti, Fabrizio; Fotakis, Dimitrios; Frank, Tamàs; Frey, Julian; Giancola, Carmen; Gomoryovà, Erika; Gosselin, Marion; Gosselin, Frederic; Gossner, Martin M.; Gòtmark, Frank; Haeler, Elena; Kappel Hansen, Aslak; Hertzog, Lionel; Hofmeister, Jenýk; Hosek, Jan; Kvist Johannsen, Vivian; Just Justensen, Mathias; Korboulewsky, Nathalie; Kovàcs, Bence; Lakatos, Ferenc; Miguel Landivar, Carlos; Lens, Luc; Lingua, Emanuele; Lombardi, Fabio; Màlis, Frantisek; Marchino, Luca; Marozas, Vitas; Matteucci, Giorgio; Mattioli, Walter; Friis Møller, Peter; Csaba Németh, Jòrg Müller.; Onodi, Gàbor; Parisi, Francesco; Perot, Thomas; Perret, Sandrine; Maria Persiani, Anna; Portaccio, Alessia; Posillico, Mario; Preiksa, Zydrùnas; Rahbek, Carsten; James Rappa, Nolan; Ravera, Sonia; Romano, Antonio; Samu, Ferenc; Scheidegger, Christoph; Kappel Schmidt, Inger; Schwegmann, Sebastian; Sicuriello, Flavia; Petronela Spinu, Andreea; Spyroglou, Gavriil; Stillhard, Jonas; Topalidou, Eleni; Tøttrup, Anders P.; Ujhàzy, Karol; Veres, Katalin; Verheyen, Kris; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Zapponi, Livia; Odor, Pèter. - In: BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. - ISSN 0006-3207. - 284:110176(2023), pp. 1-13. [10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110176]

Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head to?

Fabio Lombardi;
2023-01-01

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, multitaxon 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 overrepresented 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.
2023
Forest biodiversity
Multi-taxon
Sustainable management
Biodiversity conservation
Forest stand structure
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
Burrascano_2023_Biological Conservation_Where_editor.pdf

accesso aperto

Descrizione: Versione Editoriale
Tipologia: Versione Editoriale (PDF)
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione 7.38 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
7.38 MB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12318/138266
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 10
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 8
social impact