Ecosystem management in paludified boreal forests:enhancing wood production,biodiversity,and carbon sequestration at the landscape level

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摘要 Canada'sborealforestrepresentsanimportantcontributoroftheworld'swoodsupplyindustry.However,maintainingorincreasingproductivityoftheborealforestmaybechallenginginareasdominatedbyforestedpeatlands.Moreover,sustainablemanagementoftheseforestsmustalsoconsiderotherimportantaspectsoftheforestecosystemsuchasbiodiversityandcarbonsequestration.Toaddresstheseconcerns,ecosystem-basedmanagementhasbeenimplementedinsomeCanadianjurisdictions,suchasinregionswherealargeportionoftheborealforestisdominatedbyforestedpeatlands.Theobjectivesofthispaperare(1)tosummarizeourcurrentunderstandingofhownaturaldisturbancesinfluencestanddynamicsandbiodiversityinforestedpeatlands,and(2)toreviewthemaindifferencesbetweennaturalandmanagedforeststandswithrespecttosoil.properties,standproductivity,understoryplantcommunities.Wealsodiscusshoweven-agemanagementregimesucceedsorfailstopreserveoldforestsandhowthislossaffectsbothforeststructureandhabitatdiversityatthelandscapelevel.Weconcludebyshowinghow,inborealforestedpeatlands,forestmanagementcouldcontributetocarbonsequestrationandmitigateprojectedclimatechange.
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出版日期 2018年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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