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DOI | 10.1002/fee.2016 |
Out with OLD growth, in with ecological continNEWity: new perspectives on forest conservation | |
McMullin, R. Troy1; Wiersma, Yolanda F.2 | |
2019-04-01 | |
发表期刊 | FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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ISSN | 1540-9295 |
EISSN | 1540-9309 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 17期号:3页码:176-181 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Canada |
英文摘要 | Forest managers have a responsibility to identify and conserve ecologically exceptional forest stands. In North America, priority areas of old-growth forest are often identified based primarily on the age of trees within the stand. However, delineating forests with high conservation value based solely on tree age is an oversimplification. Therefore, we propose a different view -that of forest continuity, a view that is more prevalent in Europe. We contend that forests that have been continuously wooded over time, whether old-growth trees are present or not, have higher conservation value than areas that have old trees but that may not always have been forested. Identifying forests with high continuity requires a different index than tree age. We argue that the relative richness and abundance of lichens can be effective indicators of forest continuity, discuss how forest managers might operationalize this system, and explain why it might be a more ecologically relevant indicator of priority forest areas. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000462908600021 |
WOS关键词 | EPIPHYTIC LICHENS ; CALICIOID LICHENS ; ANCIENT WOODLAND ; NOVA-SCOTIA ; CONTINUITY ; FUNGI ; INDICATORS ; ECOREGION |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/182103 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Canadian Museum Nat Res & Collect, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 2.Mem Univ Newfoundland, Dept Biol, St John, NF, Canada |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | McMullin, R. Troy,Wiersma, Yolanda F.. Out with OLD growth, in with ecological continNEWity: new perspectives on forest conservation[J]. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT,2019,17(3):176-181. |
APA | McMullin, R. Troy,&Wiersma, Yolanda F..(2019).Out with OLD growth, in with ecological continNEWity: new perspectives on forest conservation.FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT,17(3),176-181. |
MLA | McMullin, R. Troy,et al."Out with OLD growth, in with ecological continNEWity: new perspectives on forest conservation".FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 17.3(2019):176-181. |
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