Retention as an integrated biodiversity conservation approach for continuous-cover forestry in Europe

Lena Gustafsson; Jürgen Bauhus; Thomas Asbeck; Andrey Lessa Derci Augustynczik; Marco Basile; Julian Frey; Fabian Gutzat; Marc Hanewinkel; Jan Helbach; Marlotte Jonker; Anna Knuff; Christian Messier; Johannes Penner; Patrick Pyttel; Albert Reif; Felix Storch; Nathalie Winiger; Georg Winkel; Rasoul Yousefpour; Ilse Storch

doi:10.1007/s13280-019-01190-1

Retention as an integrated biodiversity conservation approach for continuous-cover forestry in Europe

Lena Gustafsson^*, Jürgen Bauhus, Thomas Asbeck, Andrey Lessa Derci Augustynczik, Marco Basile, Julian Frey, Fabian Gutzat, Marc Hanewinkel, Jan Helbach, Marlotte Jonker, Anna Knuff, Christian Messier, Johannes Penner, Patrick Pyttel, Albert Reif, Felix Storch, Nathalie Winiger, Georg Winkel, Rasoul Yousefpour, Ilse Storch

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Abstract

Retention forestry implies that biological legacies like dead and living trees are deliberately selected and retained beyond harvesting cycles to benefit biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. This model has been applied for several decades in even-aged, clearcutting (CC) systems but less so in uneven-aged, continuous-cover forestry (CCF). We provide an overview of retention in CCF in temperate regions of Europe, currently largely focused on habitat trees and dead wood. The relevance of current meta-analyses and many other studies on retention in CC is limited since they emphasize larger patches in open surroundings. Therefore, we reflect here on the ecological foundations and socio-economic frameworks of retention approaches in CCF, and highlight several areas with development potential for the future. Conclusions from this perspective paper, based on both research and current practice on several continents, although highlighting Europe, are also relevant to other temperate regions of the world using continuous-cover forest management approaches.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	85-97
Number of pages	13
Journal	Ambio
Volume	49
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01190-1
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biodiversity
Habitat tree
Retention forestry
Temperate forests
Uneven-aged management

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Gustafsson, L., Bauhus, J., Asbeck, T., Augustynczik, A. L. D., Basile, M., Frey, J., Gutzat, F., Hanewinkel, M., Helbach, J., Jonker, M., Knuff, A., Messier, C., Penner, J., Pyttel, P., Reif, A., Storch, F., Winiger, N., Winkel, G., Yousefpour, R., & Storch, I. (2020). Retention as an integrated biodiversity conservation approach for continuous-cover forestry in Europe. Ambio, 49(1), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01190-1

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