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Forest Transitions in the United States, France and Austria: dynamics of forest change and their socio- metabolic drivers
Understanding the drivers of forest transitions is relevant to inform effective forest conservation. We investigate pathways of forest transitions in the United States (1920–2010), France (1850–2010), and Austria (1830–2010). By combining evidence from forest inventories with the forest model CRAFT,...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9038175/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35492807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2021.2018514 |
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author | Gingrich, Simone Magerl, Andreas Matej, Sarah Le Noë, Julia |
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description | Understanding the drivers of forest transitions is relevant to inform effective forest conservation. We investigate pathways of forest transitions in the United States (1920–2010), France (1850–2010), and Austria (1830–2010). By combining evidence from forest inventories with the forest model CRAFT, we first quantify how change in forest area (ΔA), maximum biomass density (ΔBd(max)), and actual biomass as fraction of maximum biomass (ΔF(max)) shaped forest dynamics. Second, to investigate the connections between forest change and societal resource use, or social metabolism, we quantify the importance of selected proximate and underlying socio-metabolic drivers. We find that agricultural intensification and reduced forest grazing correlated most with positive ΔA and ΔBd(max). By contrast, change in biomass imports or harvest did not explain forest change. Our findings highlight the importance of forest growth conditions in explaining long-term forest dynamics, and demonstrate the distinct ways in which resource use drove forest change. |
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spelling | pubmed-90381752022-04-26 Forest Transitions in the United States, France and Austria: dynamics of forest change and their socio- metabolic drivers Gingrich, Simone Magerl, Andreas Matej, Sarah Le Noë, Julia J Land Use Sci Research Article Understanding the drivers of forest transitions is relevant to inform effective forest conservation. We investigate pathways of forest transitions in the United States (1920–2010), France (1850–2010), and Austria (1830–2010). By combining evidence from forest inventories with the forest model CRAFT, we first quantify how change in forest area (ΔA), maximum biomass density (ΔBd(max)), and actual biomass as fraction of maximum biomass (ΔF(max)) shaped forest dynamics. Second, to investigate the connections between forest change and societal resource use, or social metabolism, we quantify the importance of selected proximate and underlying socio-metabolic drivers. We find that agricultural intensification and reduced forest grazing correlated most with positive ΔA and ΔBd(max). By contrast, change in biomass imports or harvest did not explain forest change. Our findings highlight the importance of forest growth conditions in explaining long-term forest dynamics, and demonstrate the distinct ways in which resource use drove forest change. Taylor & Francis 2022-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9038175/ /pubmed/35492807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2021.2018514 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Gingrich, Simone Magerl, Andreas Matej, Sarah Le Noë, Julia Forest Transitions in the United States, France and Austria: dynamics of forest change and their socio- metabolic drivers |
title | Forest Transitions in the United States, France and Austria: dynamics of forest change and their socio- metabolic drivers |
title_full | Forest Transitions in the United States, France and Austria: dynamics of forest change and their socio- metabolic drivers |
title_fullStr | Forest Transitions in the United States, France and Austria: dynamics of forest change and their socio- metabolic drivers |
title_full_unstemmed | Forest Transitions in the United States, France and Austria: dynamics of forest change and their socio- metabolic drivers |
title_short | Forest Transitions in the United States, France and Austria: dynamics of forest change and their socio- metabolic drivers |
title_sort | forest transitions in the united states, france and austria: dynamics of forest change and their socio- metabolic drivers |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9038175/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35492807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2021.2018514 |
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