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A multi-criteria analysis of forest restoration strategies to improve the ecosystem services supply: an application in Central Italy
Paletto
,
Alessandro
,
Pieratti
,
Elisa
,
De Meo
,
Isabella
,
Agnelli
,
Alessandro Elio
,
Cantiani
,
Paolo
,
Chiavetta
,
U.
,
Mazza
,
Gianluigi
,
Lagomarsino
,
Alessandra
carbon sequestration
carbon stock
biophysical assessment
economic evaluation
multiple-criteria decision analysis (mcda)
recreational activities
Mostra abstract
• Key message: A multi-criteria analysis can be an interesting tool to assess the effects of silvicultural treatments on ecosystem services supply. In the degraded forests, thinning has a positive effect on the provision of ecosystem services such as timber and bioenergy production, climate change mitigation, and recreational attractiveness. • Context: The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment highlights the importance of the ecosystem services for human well-being and for maintaining conditions for life on Earth. Silvicultural treatments can improve the provision of ecosystem services to increase local communities’ well-being. • Aims: The aim of this study is to understand the effects of two-forest restoration practices (selective thinning and thinning from below) on three ecosystem services (wood production, climate change mitigation, and recreational opportunities) in an Italian case study. • Methods: A multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) was performed to compare the effects of three forest restoration scenarios (baseline, selective thinning, thinning from below) on ecosystem services. Wood production was estimated considering the local market prices and the wood volumes harvested, while climate change mitigation was quantified through the C-stock and C-sequestration changes in carbon pools due to the silvicultural treatments. The recreational activities were assessed through a questionnaire survey. A sample of 200 visitors was interviewed face-to-face to estimate the impact of thinning on recreational activities. • Results: The results of the MCDA show that the selective thinning scenario is the optimal forest restoration practice to increase the recreational attractiveness and the wood production in the study area. • Conclusion: The results concerning the effects of the silvicultural treatments on ecosystem services supply are an important tool to support decision makers. © 2021, INRAE and Springer-Verlag France SAS, part of Springer Nature.
Words apart: Standardizing forestry terms and definitions across European biodiversity studies
Trentanovi
,
Giovanni
,
Campagnaro
,
Thomas
,
Sitzia
,
Tommaso
,
Chianucci
,
Francesco
,
Vacchiano
,
Giorgio
,
Ammer
,
Christian
,
Ciach
,
Michał
,
Nagel
,
Thomas A.
,
del Río
,
Miren
,
Paillet
,
Yoan
,
Munzi
,
Silvana
,
Vandekerkhove
,
Kris
,
Bravo-Oviedo
,
Andrés
,
Cutini
,
Andrea
,
D'Andrea
,
Ettore
,
de Smedt
,
Pallieter
,
Doerfler
,
Inken
,
Fotakis
,
Dimitrios G.
,
Heilmann-Clausen
,
Jacob
,
Hofmeister
,
Jeňýk
,
Hošek
,
Jan
,
Janssen
,
Philippe
,
Kepfer-Rojas
,
Sebastian
,
Korboulewsky
,
Nathalie
,
Kovács
,
Bence
,
Kozák
,
Daniel
,
Lachat
,
Thibault
,
Mårell
,
Anders
,
Matula
,
Radim
,
Mikoláš
,
Martin
,
Nordén
,
Björn
,
Ódor
,
Péter
,
Perović
,
Marko
,
Pötzelsberger
,
Elisabeth
,
Schall
,
Peter
,
Svoboda
,
Miroslav
,
Tinya
,
Flóra
,
Ujházyová
,
Mariana
,
Burrascano
,
Sabina
Mostra abstract
Forest biodiversity studies conducted across Europe use a multitude of forestry terms, often inconsistently. This hinders the comparability across studies and makes the assessment of the impacts of forest management on biodiversity highly context-dependent. Recent attempts to standardize forestry and stand description terminology mostly used a top-down approach that did not account for the perspectives and approaches of forest biodiversity experts. This work aims to establish common standards for silvicultural and vegetation definitions, creating a shared conceptual framework for a consistent study on the effects of forest management on biodiversity. We have identified both strengths and weaknesses of the silvicultural and vegetation information provided in forest biodiversity studies. While quantitative data on forest biomass and dominant tree species are frequently included, information on silvicultural activities and vegetation composition is often lacking, shallow, or based on broad and heterogeneous classifications. We discuss the existing classifications and their use in European forest biodiversity studies through a novel bottom-up and top-driven review process, and ultimately propose a common framework. This will enhance the comparability of forest biodiversity studies in Europe, and puts the basis for effective implementation and monitoring of sustainable forest management policies. The standards here proposed are potentially adaptable and applicable to other geographical areas and could be extended to other forest interventions. © 2023 The Authors
Sustainable land-use, wildfires, and evolving local contexts in a Mediterranean Country, 2000-2015
Marchi
,
Maurizio
,
Chianucci
,
Francesco
,
Ferrara
,
Carlotta
,
Pontuale
,
Giorgio
,
Pontuale
,
Elisa
,
Mavrakis
,
Anastasios F.
,
Morrow
,
Nathan
,
Rossi
,
Fabrizio
,
Salvati
,
Luca
Mostra abstract
Socioeconomic conditions and land management choices combine to affect changes in long-term wildfire regimes in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Identification of specific drivers and dynamics at the local level is needed to inform land resource planning and to enhance wildfire management efficiency. Therefore, investigating feedback relationships between wildfire and socioeconomic conditions at local and regional scales can reveal consistency in spatial and temporal patterns influencing wildfire frequency, intensity, and severity. This study assessed long-term wildfire characteristics in Greece-one of the most fire-prone countries in Europe-over two consecutive time periods characterized by economic expansion (2000-2007) and recession (2008- 2015). An integrated, multivariate statistical approach was implemented to assess the latent relationship between socioeconomic forces and localized wildfire regime indicators. Changes in the number of fires at the wildland-urban interface and duration of wildfires were consistent with expectations. Observed changes in the size of fires showed mixed results. Empirical findings of this study indicate analysis of wildfire regimes that takes into account both the socioeconomic and environmental factors in the overall territorial context of Mediterranean-type ecosystems, at both regional and local scale, may prove informative for the design of wildfire prevention measures in Greece. © 2018 by the authors.
Reproductive phenology and conception synchrony in a natural wild boar population
Canu
,
Antonio
,
Scandura
,
Massimo
,
Merli
,
Enrico
,
Chirichella
,
Roberta
,
Bottero
,
Elisa
,
Chianucci
,
Francesco
,
Cutini
,
Andrea
,
Apollonio
,
Marco
Mostra abstract
Reproductive synchrony among gregarious mammals has a strong adaptive value and may lead to cooperative behaviors aimed at maximizing offspring survival. Additionally, temporal clustering of estrus has important implications on individual mating tactics and ultimately affects the degree of polygamy in a population. Although several studies have examined the reproductive biology of wild boar (Sus scrofa), much remains to be understood about the patterns of timing and synchrony of reproduction in natural populations. We analyzed the spatiotemporal distribution of conception dates in an Italian wild boar population taking into account the effects of environmental and individual factors, in order to determine the main variables influencing the timing of reproduction and to detect the signs of a socially-driven reproductive synchrony. Specifically, for each litter belonging to 354 pregnant sows culled between 2006 and 2013 in a mountain area of Tuscany, we determined the conception date (CD) from an estimate of the mean fetal age and the culling date. We then investigated which factors drove the variation in CD, by implementing linear mixed models, Mantel tests and spatial autocorrelation analyses. The selected model showed significant effects of rainfall, temperatures, and previous and current productivity on CD, as well as a strong correlation of CDs among sows culled in close spatial and temporal proximity (i.e., in the same hunting ground and hunting season). Likewise, autocorrelation analyses and Mantel tests consistently indicated that closer sows had similar conception dates. Overall, our results confirm the effect of resource availability and climate on wild boar reproductive phenology, and suggest socially-driven reproductive patterns, in spite of a high turn-over in social groups due to hunting. Finally, possible advantages and evolutionary implications of reproductive synchrony in wild boar are discussed. © 2015 Associazione Teriologica Italiana.