Balancing trade-offs between ecosystem services in Germany’s forests under climate change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15548285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Gutsch (0000-0001-7109-273X, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, corresponding author), Petra Lasch‐Born (0000-0001-6468-4411, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Chris Kollas (0000-0001-6843-3062, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Felicitas Suckow (0000-0002-2566-7069, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Christopher Reyer (0000-0003-1067-1492, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 045012-045012 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/aab4e5 |
| OpenAlex | W2793158445 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 61 |
Germany's forests provide a variety of ecosystem services. Sustainable forest management aims to optimize the provision of these services at regional level. However, climate change will impact forest ecosystems and subsequently ecosystem services. The objective of this study is to quantify the effects of two alternative management scenarios and climate impacts on forest variables indicative of ecosystem services related to timber, habitat, water, and carbon. The ecosystem services are represented through nine model output variables (timber harvest, above and belowground biomass, net ecosystem production, soil carbon, percolation, nitrogen leaching, deadwood, tree dimension, broadleaf tree proportion) from the process-based forest model 4C. We simulated forest growth, carbon and water cycling until 2045 with 4C set-up for the whole German forest area based on National Forest Inventory data and driven by three management strategies (nature protection, biomass production and a baseline management) and an ensemble of regional climate scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP 4.5, RCP 8.5). We provide results as relative changes compared to the baseline management and observed climate. Forest management measures have the strongest effects on ecosystem services inducing positive or negative changes of up to 40% depending on the ecosystem service in question, whereas climate change only slightly alters ecosystem services averaged over the whole forest area. The ecosystem services 'carbon' and 'timber' benefit from climate change, while 'water' and 'habitat' lose. We detect clear trade-offs between 'timber' and all other ecosystem services, as well as synergies between 'habitat' and 'carbon'. When evaluating all ecosystem services simultaneously, our results reveal certain interrelations between climate and management scenarios. North-eastern and western forest regions are more suitable to provide timber (while minimizing the negative impacts on remaining ecosystem services) whereas southern and central forest regions are more suitable to fulfil 'habitat' and 'carbon' services. The results provide the base for future forest management optimizations at the regional scale in order to maximize ecosystem services and forest ecosystem sustainability at the national scale
Agroforestry · Baseline (sea · Biomass (ecology · Climate change · Ecoforestry · Ecosystem · Ecosystem Management · Ecosystem services · Environmental resource management · Forest ecology · Forest management · Forest restoration · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Science · Forest Management and Policy · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |