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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117929
	Structural variation of forest edges across Europe
	Meeussen C.; Govaert S.; Vanneste T.; Calders K.; Bollmann K.; Brunet J.; Cousins S.A.O.; Diekmann M.; Graae B.J.; Hedwall P.-O.; Krishna Moorthy S.M.; Iacopetti G.; Lenoir J.; Lindmo S.; Orczewska A.; Ponette Q.; Plue J.; Selvi F.; Spicher F.; Tolosano M.; Verbeeck H.; Verheyen K.; Vangansbeke P.; De Frenne P.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0378-1127
卷号	462
英文摘要	Forest edges are interfaces between forest interiors and adjacent land cover types. They are important elements in the landscape with almost 20% of the global forest area located within 100 m of the edge. Edges are structurally different from forest interiors, which results in unique edge influences on microclimate, functioning and biodiversity. These edge influences have been studied for multiple decades, yet there is only limited information available on how forest edge structure varies at the continental scale, and which factors drive this potential structural diversity. Here we quantified the structural variation along 45 edge-to-interior transects situated along latitudinal, elevational and management gradients across Europe. We combined state-of-the-art terrestrial laser scanning and conventional forest inventory techniques to investigate how the forest edge structure (e.g. plant area index, stem density, canopy height and foliage height diversity) varies and which factors affect this forest edge structural variability. Macroclimate, management, distance to the forest edge and tree community composition all influenced the forest edge structural variability and interestingly we detected interactive effects of our predictors as well. We found more abrupt edge-to-interior gradients (i.e. steeper slopes) in the plant area index in regularly thinned forests. In addition, latitude, mean annual temperature and humidity all affected edge-to-interior gradients in stem density. We also detected a simultaneous impact of both humidity and management, and humidity and distance to the forest edge, on the canopy height and foliage height diversity. These results contribute to our understanding of how environmental conditions and management shape the forest edge structure. Our findings stress the need for site-specific recommendations on forest edge management instead of generalized recommendations as the macroclimate substantially influences the forest edge structure. Only then, the forest edge microclimate, functioning and biodiversity can be conserved at a local scale. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Biodiversity; Plants (botany); Environmental conditions; Interactive effect; Limited information; Mean annual temperatures; Structural diversity; Structural variability; Structural variations; Terrestrial laser scanning; Forestry; biodiversity; community composition; environmental conditions; forest edge; forest inventory; land cover; landscape; microclimate; Area; Biodiversity; Distance; Edges; Forestry; Height; Humidity; Management; 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/155391
作者单位	Forest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, Melle-Gontrode, 9090, Belgium; CAVElab – Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Ghent, 9000, Belgium; Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland; Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 49, Alnarp, 230 53, Sweden; Biogeography and Geomatics, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden; Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology, FB2, University of Bremen, Leobener Str. 5, Bremen, 28359, Germany; Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, Trondheim, 7491, Norway; Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry,...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Meeussen C.,Govaert S.,Vanneste T.,et al. Structural variation of forest edges across Europe[J],2020,462.
APA	Meeussen C..,Govaert S..,Vanneste T..,Calders K..,Bollmann K..,...&De Frenne P..(2020).Structural variation of forest edges across Europe.Forest Ecology and Management,462.
MLA	Meeussen C.,et al."Structural variation of forest edges across Europe".Forest Ecology and Management 462(2020).