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Collaborative project: Effects of forest management on biodiversity with special emphasis on insects. Subproject 2: development and practical test of a monitoring system to evaluate the effects of forest management on biodiversity at the landscape scale (WABIN) (WABIN)
Project
Project code: 22011518
Contract period: 01.02.2020
- 31.01.2023
Budget: 793,224 Euro
Purpose of research: Inventory & Assessment
Keywords: biodiversity, monitoring, forest landscapes, wood development, insects
The research, development and demonstration project WABIN aims at synthesizing the current knowledge on the effects of forest management and the dynamics of unmanaged forests on biodiversity. Based on an extended review of the state of knowledge on the relationship between biodiversity and forest structure and resource availability an indicator system shall be developed which could be implemented in a long term monitoring concept that is suitable to study the effects of present day forest management on biodiversity on the landscape scale. The selection and delineation of representative forest landscapes is conducted in cooperation with public forest enterprises. The monitoring and research concept shall be harmonized with the criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management, e. g. as defined by the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. It will be based on managed and unmanaged forest landscapes of comparable area size and site conditions. First results will be achieved by the initial inventories while future development of biodiversity in managed and unmanaged forest landscapes will be studied based on inventories repeated in a 10 year cycle. The monitoring concept pays special attention to insects. Insects are the most species rich faunal group with great significance for ecosystem functioning, for example as central component of the food web, pollination and decomposition.
Section overview
Subjects
- Silviculture
- Genetic Resources
- Renewable Resources
