Systematic review Hotspots in cold climate: Conservation value of woodland key habitats in boreal forests
a b s t r a c t The concept of Woodland Key Habitats (WKH, small-scaled presumed hotspots of biodiversity) has become an essential component of biodiversity conservation in Fennoscandian and Baltic forests. There have been debates over the importance of WKHs in relation to the conservation of biodiv...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.1041.5695 2023-05-15T16:13:01+02:00 Systematic review Hotspots in cold climate: Conservation value of woodland key habitats in boreal forests Jonna Timonen Lena Gustafsson Janne S Kotiaho Mikko Mönkkönen The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1041.5695 http://users.jyu.fi/%7Ejkotiaho/Publications/BiolCons11a.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1041.5695 http://users.jyu.fi/%7Ejkotiaho/Publications/BiolCons11a.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://users.jyu.fi/%7Ejkotiaho/Publications/BiolCons11a.pdf text ftciteseerx 2020-03-08T01:25:31Z a b s t r a c t The concept of Woodland Key Habitats (WKH, small-scaled presumed hotspots of biodiversity) has become an essential component of biodiversity conservation in Fennoscandian and Baltic forests. There have been debates over the importance of WKHs in relation to the conservation of biodiversity in production forests. We applied a systematic review protocol and meta-analysis to summarize knowledge on comparisons of biodiversity qualities, such as dead wood and species richness, between WKHs and production forests in relevant countries. We also summarized the knowledge on the impact of edge effects by comparing WKHs surrounded by production forests to WKHs surrounded by clear cuts. Studies had been conducted in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Based on our meta-analysis, WKHs seem to be relative hotspots for dead wood volume, diversity of dead wood, number of species and number of red-listed species. There were some differences also between countries in these biodiversity qualities. Only two studies compared WKHs surrounded by production forests and clear cuts, respectively. Hence, the capability of WKHs to maintain their original species composition and support species persistence over time remains to be addressed, as well as their role in relation to other conservation tools. Text Fennoscandian Unknown Norway |
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a b s t r a c t The concept of Woodland Key Habitats (WKH, small-scaled presumed hotspots of biodiversity) has become an essential component of biodiversity conservation in Fennoscandian and Baltic forests. There have been debates over the importance of WKHs in relation to the conservation of biodiversity in production forests. We applied a systematic review protocol and meta-analysis to summarize knowledge on comparisons of biodiversity qualities, such as dead wood and species richness, between WKHs and production forests in relevant countries. We also summarized the knowledge on the impact of edge effects by comparing WKHs surrounded by production forests to WKHs surrounded by clear cuts. Studies had been conducted in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Based on our meta-analysis, WKHs seem to be relative hotspots for dead wood volume, diversity of dead wood, number of species and number of red-listed species. There were some differences also between countries in these biodiversity qualities. Only two studies compared WKHs surrounded by production forests and clear cuts, respectively. Hence, the capability of WKHs to maintain their original species composition and support species persistence over time remains to be addressed, as well as their role in relation to other conservation tools. |
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