While much of what is presented here applies to all ecosystems, some language is specific to wildlands or wildlike lands managed by the forest service. Sustainable forest management systems should explicitly take such uncertainties into account and be based upon plans and programs to prepare for such, including application of adaptive forest management see raison, 2002. One prominent service of protected nature reserved tropical. This chapter does an excellent job of defining disturbance and its various attributes. Forest loss within european russia peter potapov,svetlana turubanova,matthew c. Human disturbance regimes should mimic natural disturbance. Land units and benchmarks for developing natural disturbance based forest management guidance for northeastern british columbia s.
The focus is on managing forest ecosystems to sustain their natural attributes by incorporating disturbance ecology into forest management planning. Disturbance plays a significant role in shaping the structure of individual populations and the. In this paper, i revisit some of the central themes of disturbance ecology and argue that the knowledge established in the field of disturbance ecology continues to be relevant to ecosystem. A method of estimating direct and indirect effects of armillaria root disease and other smallscale forest disturbances on canopy gap size. Forest fire ecology in the pacific northwest serotinous forests in a warmer and more fireprone world spatial patterns of burn severity under changing fire regimes old growth, disturbance, and legacies. While plot and inventory data provide our most detailed information on forest carbon, energy, and water cycling, applying this. Hansen, 2011, regionalscale boreal forest cover and change mapping using landsat data composites for european russia, remote sensing of environment. The role of disturbances in forest regeneration in. The rest of the book provides good examples of disturbance from a variety of systems.
Review presettlement and modern disturbance regimes in coast redwood forests. This management driven, comprehensive book on ecosystem ecology is the only one on the market that covers the entire field, linking conventional ecosystemlevel forest ecology to forest management. Disturbances often act quickly and with great effect, to alter the physical structure or arrangement of biotic and abiotic elements. Ecology north central region forest management guides. Redwood has apparently been a dominant species in the california coast ranges for much of the holocene. Summary forest management guide for natural disturbance pattern emulation the following summary is provided for convenience only. C h a p t e r 7 from ecology to forest management 237 sidenote 35guidelines for ecosystem management schneider and kay 1994. Pdf disturbance dynamics and ecosystembased forest. Pdf on oct 1, 2005, kalev jogiste and others published disturbance dynamics and ecosystembased forest management preface find, read and cite all the.
Forest management environmental aspectsbritish columbia, northern. Our results demonstrate the utility of canopy disturbance in conjunction with. Disturbance ecology an overview sciencedirect topics. Natural disturbance regimes are considered to be a type of gold standard against which to compare harvesting, since it is widely presumed that the natural regime was able to maintain productivity and biodiversity of forests natural disturbances and forest management. Land managers are incorporating ecosystem perspectives into their local and regional management decisions. Disturbance of a fire can clearly be seen by comparing the unburnt left and burnt right sides of the mountain range in south africa. It is concluded that, overall, sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach express similar goals and ambitions for forest management, focusing on environmental, social and economic.
Pdf forest ecology download full pdf book download. Disturbance ecology and forest management usda forest service. Disturbance ecology and forest management internet archive. Forest ecology and management colorado state university. Basal area reduction to 15 and 7 m2 ha 1 respectively approximated woodland and savanna canopy conditions, and increased herbaceouslayer development. Forest succession is the process by which species recover and regenerate after a disturbance. Received 1 march 2009 received in revised form 18 august 2009 accepted 1 september 2009. Forest managers have traditionally viewed the understory as primarily affecting forest regeneration or wildlife habitat, but the growing recognition of goods and services the understory provides e. Attiwill forest ecology and management 63 1994 247300 disturbance bulldozing, ploughing, fertilizers, herbicides the less is the probability that succession after abandonment will effect the recovery of di versity and productivity. Recent forest ecology and management articles elsevier. Challenges and solutions for global change discusses how landscape ecology can contribute to addressing the challenges in contemporary forest management practice, with diverse contributions from active researchers worldwide. Forest ecology and management university of vermont. Identification of woodland management by analysis of roundwood age and diameter.
Center for forest disturbance science, us forest service, 320 green st. General management principles and a checklist of strategies to guide forest biodiversity conservation. Gis vegetation layer provided by the gmug national forests. It elucidates the topics such as climate change impacts, tropical forests and management, forest soil management, tree breeding, etc. Naturally regenerating postdisturbance earlyseral communities are increasingly recognized for their relevance to forest management, especially in landscapes where conservation of organisms, provision of habitat, nontimber forest products, and other ecosystem values are included in management objectives gobster, 2001. Disturbances and structural development of natural forest. Disturbance plays a significant role in shaping the structure of individual populations and the character.
View disturbance ecology research papers on academia. Forest ecology and management publishes scientific articles linking forest ecology with forest management, focusing on the application of biological, ecological and social knowledge to the management and conservation of plantations and natural forests. Introduction sustainable forest management sfm is a key concept that underpins modern forestry practice by recognizing the need to balance the social, ecological, and economic outputs from forests, as outlined in europe in the principles agreed upon through the ministerial conference on the protection of forests in europe mcpfe 2003a. What are intermediateseverity forest disturbances and. Within the last decade there has been an increase in research related to humanwildlife interactions, including how humans have. Forest management guide for natural disturbance pattern.
Outcalt usda forest service, 320 green street, athens, ga 30602, usa abstract. Because prescribed fire is another form of intensive management, the combination of prescribed fire after other silvicultural entries can also be described as repeat intensive forest management. The scope of the journal includes all forest ecosystems of the world. Disturbance ecology and management of oak forests program. Disturbances and structural development of natural forest ecosystems with silvicultural implications, using douglas. Publication date 1996 topics forest dynamics united states, forest ecology united states, forest management united states publisher ogden, ut. Forest ecology scaling abstract sustaining forest resources requires a better understanding of forest ecosystem processes, and how management decisions and climate change may affect these processes in the future. These combinations illustrated how compound disturbances can sometimes be utilized to achieve desired conditions. Frontiers disturbance ecology in the anthropocene ecology. A disturbance can also occur over a long period of time and can impact the biodiversity within an ecosystem. Additionally, this paper introduces land managers to a wide body of literature pertaining to disturbance ecology and forest management. Forest ecology and management oregon state university.
Restoration of ecosystem health is, in fact, an international theme. Forest ecology and management disturbances in mountain. Fcs will follow this guidance in our management of the national forest estate, and will expect this guidance to be followed as a condition for approval of felling licences and grant aid and forest plans for private forests. Ecological consequences of compound disturbances in forest. Ecological disturbance, an event or force, of nonbiological or biological origin, that brings about mortality to organisms and changes in their spatial patterning in the ecosystems they inhabit. The paper is not a stateoftheart summary on disturbance ecology. Yet, relatively little is known about centurylong changes in forests, and that limits the understanding of how past management and land tenure affect current forestry practice and. Incorporating insect and wind disturbances in a natural. Implications for the conservation of oldgrowth stands craig g.
A strategic approach to forest management in hurricane impact zones john a. Species diversity and composition fluctuate throughout succession. The ecology of natural disturbance and patch dynamics. Franco, the disturbance dynamics of redwood have been something of an enigma, and the role of disturbance in the ecology and perpetuation of oldgrowth stands has been debated for decades.
Temperate forest disturbance functional identity plant traits productivity forest management abstract concern over global environmental change and associated uncertainty has given rise to greater emphasis on fostering resilience through forest management. Forest certification is one of the most important issues that have entered the forest sector in the past 15 years. Forest disturbance forest conservation oldgrowth forests abstract historical forest management can heavily affect contemporary forest management and conservation. Based on a wide range of literatures collection on forest disturbance research, this paper discussed the fundamental concepts of disturbance ecology, the relationships between forest management.
Ecological disturbances british columbia, northern. Ecological forestry does not attempt to maximize the productivity of any. Emulation of natural disturbances, an approach to ecologically sustainable forest management bergeron and harvey, 1997. There are many detractors and supporters of this instrument, but merely looking. Introduction and a theoretical basis for using disturbance. Forest management guide for natural disturbance pattern emulation. In response, we i highlight why a focus on resilience towards changing natural disturbance regimes is needed in forest ecosystem management. Land units and benchmarks for developing natural disturbance. Landscape ecology in forest management and conservation. Science to sustain the worlds forests forest ecology and.
On the premise that periodic disturbance is an integral part of natural, determinative processes on forest landscapes, managing forests by emulating natural disturbance is thought to produce landscape patterns that resemble those arising from natural. In the natural disturbance ecology literature, canopy disturbances. Forest biodiversity management principles for forest biodiversity from. Fraser experimental forest understanding the causes and consequences of biotic forest disturbances our approaches. Potential increases in natural disturbance rates could offset forest management impacts on ecosystem carbon stocks. In ecology, a disturbance is a temporary change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. This book is a complete guide for the detailed study of forest ecology and is highly recommended for students and academicians pursuing ecology, botany, or.
Forest management may be viewed as applied forest ecology. Libbyg a department of forest and wildlife ecology, university of wisconsinmadison, madison, wi 53706, united states. Sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach. To achieve the former, researchers and practitioners are. Please refer to the full text of this document for details. The type of disturbance, the climate and weather conditions, the presence of colonizing species, and the interactions among species all influence the path that succession will take. The veld ecosystem relies on periodic fire disturbances like these to rejuvenate itself. Implementation of a strategy to maintain the adaptive c apacity of ecosystems will be the best opportunity to provide an array of. The challenge is how to bring the rich insect population dynamics literature to bear on the subject of disturbance in forest dynamics. Within guides on specific tree species, we provide more detail on ecological characteristics of that species, the sites where it occurs, and characteristic natural disturbance regimes.
Ecological disturbance and the conservative management of eucalypt forests in. Science to sustain the worlds forests forest ecology. The references section is recommended as a resource. Forest ecology and management 460 2020 117904 03781127 published by elsevier b. We will also promote its use in forestry related environmental. To provide methods for creating and maintaining healthy, sustainable oakdominated forests based on a more complete understanding of ecological relationships, landscape ecology principles, silvicultural management, and gypsy moth population dynamics, and to incorporate this knowledge into management guidelines and decision support systems. Effects of intermediatescale wind disturbance on composition, structure, and succession in quercus stands.
Pdf sustainable forest management integrates ecological, social, and economic objectives. Impacts of natural disturbances on the development. It features ecological site classification, ecosystem modeling, and strong sections on ecological diversity and the physical environment. Natural disturbance and forest management in riparian. Recent forest ecology and management articles recently published articles from forest ecology and management. Naturally regenerating post disturbance earlyseral communities are increasingly recognized for their relevance to forest management, especially in landscapes where conservation of organisms, provision of habitat, nontimber forest products, and other ecosystem values are included in management objectives gobster, 2001. In this paper, i revisit some of the central themes of disturbance ecology and argue that the knowledge established in the field of disturbance ecology continues to be relevant to ecosystem management, even with rapid changes to disturbance regimes and changing disturbance types in local ecosystems. Abstractemulation of natural disturbance end is an emerging paradigm for modern, ecosystembased forest management in north america.
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