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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118634
	The need for an understory decision support system for temperate deciduous forest management
	Blondeel H.; Landuyt D.; Vangansbeke P.; De Frenne P.; Verheyen K.; Perring M.P.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0378-1127
卷号	480
英文摘要	Numerous decision-makers have an interest in how forest biodiversity and functioning will alter under environmental change. These decision-makers may have varied motivations underlying their management response to environmental change by focusing on contrasting management challenges and targets. Decision-makers may use different tools to aid their decision-making when facing uncertainty. We specifically investigate whether decision-makers in forest management across Europe consider the understory (i.e. herbaceous layer) in decision making, as this component constitutes the vast majority of floral biodiversity in temperate forests, and has an important functional role. To address this question, we distributed an online questionnaire to more than 800 forest management decision-makers across Europe, and received 100 completed responses. We assess what objectives drive management decisions, and whether these are consistent depending on respondents’ occupations. Interestingly, regardless of respondent profile, biodiversity loss and climate change are expected to permeate management decisions in the coming decades, motivated primarily by a sense of environmental protection. Priority management targets did not vary across respondent profiles (i.e. occupation) either, and focused on biodiversity values, adaptation and mitigation to climate change, and forest regeneration. The majority of respondents identified the understory as an “Important” target for forest management decisions. Respondents used a mix of personal experience and literature sources to base management decisions on, while infrequently using recognised decision support systems (DSS). No utilised system considered the understory at the moment. Indeed, our review of available forest management DSS, conducted in parallel to the questionnaire, shows that an understory DSS tool, especially one that can consider changing socio-environmental conditions, is lacking for decision-makers. Based on (1) forest management decision-makers’ wide concern around biodiversity loss, climate change and forest regeneration, (2) the known functional role of temperate forest understories, and (3) an apparent lack of existing DSS with an understory component, we identify the requirement for an agile tool that accounts for understory dynamics. Such a tool, especially when integrated into existing DSS, will strongly support decision-makers in their quest to attain more biodiverse, functional and resilient forests for the future. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Biodiversity; Climate change; DSS; Herb layer; Questionnaire; Temperate forest
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Biodiversity; Climate change; Decision support systems; Environmental management; Reforestation; Surveys; Biodiversity values; Decision support system (dss); Environmental change; Environmental conditions; Management challenges; Management decisions; Online questionnaire; Temperate deciduous forest; Decision making; biodiversity; deciduous forest; decision support system; forest management; functional role; questionnaire survey; temperate forest; understory; Biodiversity; Decision Making; Europe; Forest Management; Forests; Reforestation; Surveys; Systems; Europe
来源期刊	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154862
作者单位	Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Campus Gontrode, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, Melle-Gontrode, 9090, Belgium; Ecosystem Restoration and Intervention Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Blondeel H.,Landuyt D.,Vangansbeke P.,et al. The need for an understory decision support system for temperate deciduous forest management[J],2021,480.
APA	Blondeel H.,Landuyt D.,Vangansbeke P.,De Frenne P.,Verheyen K.,&Perring M.P..(2021).The need for an understory decision support system for temperate deciduous forest management.Forest Ecology and Management,480.
MLA	Blondeel H.,et al."The need for an understory decision support system for temperate deciduous forest management".Forest Ecology and Management 480(2021).