Integrating remote sensing and site-specific data in forest planning
A multicriteria approach to prioritize forest restoration in Central Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19586226 |
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| Authors | Maximilian Axer (0000-0003-1482-9613, Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt, corresponding author), Hans Hamkens (0000-0002-0897-9546, Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt), Hergen Knocke (0009-0006-5925-1295, Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt), Jens Wiesehahn (0000-0002-4482-3012, Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Pages | 101079 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Trees Forests and People (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2666-7193 • E-ISSN: 2666-7193 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.tfp.2025.101079 |
| OpenAlex | W4415902267 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 143 |
Recent severe droughts and storms has led to severe disturbances in Central European forests, highlighting the urgent need for adaptive forest management strategies and restoration. Using a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach, this study prioritizes forest restoration areas across ownership boundaries by integrating remote sensing data, climate projections, and site-specific characteristics. Key indicators of forest resilience—drought stress risk, stand-level tree species diversity, and landscape-level rarity—were assessed, revealing that approximately 18.5 % of the study area in Lüchow-Dannenberg, Germany, requires urgent restoration due to high drought stress risk, as well as low diversity and rarity. European beech and Norway spruce stands exhibit the highest projected drought stress risk, whereas Scots pine and oak stands show comparatively low drought stress risk. Pine-dominated stands exhibit the lowest diversity and landscape rarity, while beech and oak contribute significantly to biodiversity. Sensitivity analyses reveal that weighting different indicators affects restoration prioritization, emphasizing the need for context-specific adaptive management strategies that take into account site conditions (e.g., soil moisture, climate exposure) and forest type (e.g., converting pure pine stands into more diverse, mixed stands to increase resilience
Adaptive Management · Beech · Climate change · Forest management · Forest restoration · Scots pine · Fire effects on ecosystems · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics · Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests
Overview of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) experimental design and organization
Biodiversity and ecosystem productivity in a fluctuating environment
The representative concentration pathways
Integrative approaches as an opportunity for the conservation of forest biodiversity
Increasing canopy mortality affects the future demographic structure of Europe's forests
Are Scots pine forest edges particularly prone to drought-induced mortality
Linking forest policy issues and decision support tools in Europe
How considering multiple criteria, uncertainty scenarios and biological interactions may influence the optimal silvicultural strategy for a mixed forest
The “German model” of integrative multifunctional forest management—Analysing the emergence and political evolution of a forest management concept
Adapting forestry and forests to climate change
Many-objective robust decision making for managing an ecosystem with a deeply uncertain threshold response
| Highly cited | No |
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