Authors
Ileana Pătru-Stupariu, Per Angelstam, Marine Elbakidze, Alina Huzui, Kjell Andersson
Publication date
2013/8
Journal
Biodiversity and conservation
Volume
22
Pages
2023-2039
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Description
Naturally dynamic forests have a high proportion of biotopes with old large trees, diverse vertical and horizontal structure at multiple scales, and much dead wood. As such, they provide habitat to species and ecosystem processes that forests managed for wood production cannot provide to the same degree. Whether termed old-growth, ancient, virgin, intact, primeval or continuity forests, a major challenge and need is to map such potential high conservation value forest for subsequent inclusion in functional habitat networks for biodiversity conservation in forest landscapes. Given that the delivery time of natural forest properties is much longer than of industry wood, we explore the usefulness of using historical maps to identify forests that have been continuously present for 220 years (potential old-growth) versus 140 years (potential aging forest) in a case study in the Romanian Carpathian Mountains (see …
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I Pătru-Stupariu, P Angelstam, M Elbakidze, A Huzui… - Biodiversity and conservation, 2013