Regeneration failure of Scots pine changes the species composition of young forests
How seedling mortality and browsing affects species composition of regenerating forests has been mostly studied on a small scale. Yet, large-scale analyses based on extensive data are essential for robust prediction of species composition in young forests. In this study, we used a dataset from a nat...
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ftslunivuppsala:oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:27538 2023-05-15T17:44:41+02:00 Regeneration failure of Scots pine changes the species composition of young forests Ara, Mostarin Barbeito, Ignacio Kalén, Christer Nilsson, Urban 2022 application/pdf https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27538/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27538/1/ara-m-et-al-220401.pdf en eng eng https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27538/1/ara-m-et-al-220401.pdf Ara, Mostarin and Barbeito, Ignacio and Kalén, Christer and Nilsson, Urban (2022). Regeneration failure of Scots pine changes the species composition of young forests. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 37 :1 , 1445-1457 [Research article] Forest Science Research article NonPeerReviewed 2022 ftslunivuppsala 2022-04-14T16:13:50Z How seedling mortality and browsing affects species composition of regenerating forests has been mostly studied on a small scale. Yet, large-scale analyses based on extensive data are essential for robust prediction of species composition in young forests. In this study, we used a dataset from a national inventory of young forests (1-4 metres in height) to investigate the species composition of young forests across Sweden. We found that most of the regenerated forest area (almost 90%) was planted with Norway spruce (southern Sweden) and Scots pine (northern Sweden). Regeneration of Norway spruce was generally relatively successful but as a consequence of seedling mortality and browsing, almost 40% of the area regenerated with Scots pine will probably not develop into pine-dominated stands. Thus, low survival of Scots pine seedlings and trees can profoundly change the trajectory of species composition of the young forest from what was originally intended, and a large proportion of the young stands may develop into mixtures of conifers and broadleaves. While such mixtures may benefit certain biodiversity and ecosystem services, a loss of Scots pine dominated stands may also have adverse impacts on the economic returns as well as pine-dependent biodiversity and recreational values. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Epsilon Open Archive Norway |
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How seedling mortality and browsing affects species composition of regenerating forests has been mostly studied on a small scale. Yet, large-scale analyses based on extensive data are essential for robust prediction of species composition in young forests. In this study, we used a dataset from a national inventory of young forests (1-4 metres in height) to investigate the species composition of young forests across Sweden. We found that most of the regenerated forest area (almost 90%) was planted with Norway spruce (southern Sweden) and Scots pine (northern Sweden). Regeneration of Norway spruce was generally relatively successful but as a consequence of seedling mortality and browsing, almost 40% of the area regenerated with Scots pine will probably not develop into pine-dominated stands. Thus, low survival of Scots pine seedlings and trees can profoundly change the trajectory of species composition of the young forest from what was originally intended, and a large proportion of the young stands may develop into mixtures of conifers and broadleaves. While such mixtures may benefit certain biodiversity and ecosystem services, a loss of Scots pine dominated stands may also have adverse impacts on the economic returns as well as pine-dependent biodiversity and recreational values. |
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Regeneration failure of Scots pine changes the species composition of young forests |
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https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27538/1/ara-m-et-al-220401.pdf Ara, Mostarin and Barbeito, Ignacio and Kalén, Christer and Nilsson, Urban (2022). Regeneration failure of Scots pine changes the species composition of young forests. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 37 :1 , 1445-1457 [Research article] |
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