Extinction risk of wood-living model species in forest landscapes as related to forest history and conservation strategy |
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Authors: | Thomas Ranius Oskar Kindvall |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Entomology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7044, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden;(2) Swedish Species Information Centre, P.O. Box 7007, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Dead wood is a critical resource for biodiversity in boreal forests. We analysed the persistence of five model species inhabiting
dead wood. By parameterising a metapopulation model (the incidence function model), the model species were all assigned characteristics
that makes it likely that they have disappeared from some (20%) forest landscapes with a long history of forest management.
In the metapopulation model, a forest stand (5 ha) was regarded as a habitat patch. The amount of habitat in each patch was
obtained from models of dead wood dynamics of Norway spruce in central Sweden. Dead wood generated by altered management over
the entire landscape was found to be less efficient in reducing extinction risks in comparison to the same amount of dead
wood generated by protecting reserves. Because generation of dead wood by altered management is often less expensive than
setting aside reserves, it is difficult to determine which conservation measure is most cost-efficient. In a landscape subjected
to forestry for the first time, it was better to preserve a few large reserves than many small ones. However, in a managed,
highly fragmented forest landscape it was better to set aside many small reserves. The reason for this was that small plots
with high habitat quality could be selected, while large reserves originally contained habitats both of high and low quality,
and the rate of habitat quality increase was low. A strategy for biodiversity conservation in a managed forest landscape should
include information about the history of the landscape, the current amount and spatial distribution of forest habitats, and
the potential for rapid restoration of forest habitats, both on managed and unmanaged forest land. |
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Keywords: | Coarse woody debris Extinction debt Population viability analysis Restoration Saproxylic SLOSS |
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