Journal Article

Impacts of business-as-usual management on ecosystem services in European mountain ranges under climate change

Cordonnier, Thomas, Bugmann, H, Truhetz, H, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien = University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences [Vienne, Autriche] (BOKU), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Ecosystèmes montagnards (UR EMGR) ; Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Universität Graz = University of Graz, Lexer, M.J, Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])

2017

Overview

Mountain forests provide a multitude of services beyond timber production. In a large European project (ARANGE—Advanced multifunctional forest management in European mountain RANGEs), the impacts of climate change and forest management on ecosystem services (ES) were assessed. Here, we provide background information about the concept that was underlying the ARANGE project, and its main objectives, research questions, and methodological approaches are presented. The project focused on synergies and trade-offs among four key ES that are relevant in European mountain ranges: timber production, carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, and protection from gravitational natural hazards. We introduce the concept and selection of case study areas (CSAs) that were used in the project; we describe the concept of representative stand types thatwere developed to provide a harmonized representation of forest stands and forest management in the CSAs; we explain and discuss the climate data and climate change scenarios that were applied across the seven CSAs; and we introduce the linker functions that were developed to relate stand- and landscape-scale forest features from model simulations to ES provisioning in mountain forests. Finally, we provide a brief overview of the Special Feature, with an attempt to synthesize emerging response patterns across the CSAs.

• Publisher: Springer Verlag,CCSD,Springer Berlin Heidelberg,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Analysis / biodiversity conservation / Biological diversity conservation / Carbon sequestration / Case studies / Climate Change / Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts / Climatic data / Decision support systems / Earth and Environmental Science / Ecosystem services / Ecosystems / Environment / Environmental impact / Environmental protection / Environmental Sciences / Forest management / forest stands / Geography / Global temperature changes / meteorological data / montane forests / Mountain ecology / Mountain forests / mountains / Nature Conservation / Oceanography / Original Article / Regional/Spatial Science / simulation models / Studies / Sustainable forestry / Timber / timber production