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Land Use and Other Strategies to Mitigate Climate Change in Carbon-Dense Forests

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2023) | Viewed by 6938

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Dr. Csaba Centeri

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Departement of Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, Institute for Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation, Szent István Campus, University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2100-Gödöllő, Páter K. u. 1., Hungary
Interests: soil degradation; land use change; soil–plant and soil–animal relations on natural and cultivated ar-eas; ecosystem services—soil erosion; soil erosion; soil erosion modeling
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Dr. Gergely Jakab

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Loránd Eötvös Research Network, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Geographical Institute, 1112-Budapest, Budaörsi út 45., Hungary
Interests: soil erosion; erosion modeling; soil physics; GIS
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Special Issue Information

Dear colleague,

Forests include a considerable mass of carbon above and also below the soils’ surface. Forest management plays a crucial role in climate change mitigation. Forests provide numerous ecosystem services, one of which has high importance in climate change and mitigation of climate change, the protection of soils against erosion, and protection of soil organic matter loss. Modeling ecosystem services of forests via different methodologies helps policy and decision makers, landowners, and land managers in land use planning on forested areas. Furthermore, nature conservation areas are playing a special role in climate change mitigation through forest management as these protected areas are having—or are at least believed to have—better management than forests managed primarily for profit, so their role in climate change mitigation is of higher importance, and their continuous presence is ensured.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

  • The role of carbon storage on forest ecosystems in relation with ecosystem services and climate resilience;
  • The effects of forests in soil organic carbon mitigation of forest soils;
  • New approaches in modeling the effects of forests in the protection against soil degradation processes;
  • Modeling of potential impacts on climate resilience due to clear cuts on steep slopes;
  • Use of different methodologies, including remote sensing, for the evaluation of forested areas in mitigating climate change;
  • Investigation of wildlife impacts and wildlife management strategies on climate change in forests;
  • Alternative ways of wood harvesting and climate change mitigation in managed forests;
  • Forest restoration and climate change mitigation;
  • The role of soil science in climate change mitigation.

We invite scientists who work in this field to submit their novel research to help all interested parties in the field of listed topics.

Dr. Csaba Centeri
Dr. Gergely Jakab
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • forest management
  • land use planning
  • impact calculation
  • ecosystem services
  • comparative analyses
  • modeling

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Comparative Study of the Phenology of Seven Native Deciduous Tree Species in Two Different Mesoclimatic Areas in the Carpathian Basin
by Krisztina Verbényiné Neumann, Tivadar Baltazár, Dénes Saláta, Orsolya Szirmai and Szilárd Czóbel
Forests 2023, 14(5), 885; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050885 - 25 Apr 2023
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The impact of global warming on plant phenology is the subject of a growing number of studies. However, most of these do not focus on woody species, and few examine the entire annual phenological cycle of woody species. In this paper, we explore [...] Read more.
The impact of global warming on plant phenology is the subject of a growing number of studies. However, most of these do not focus on woody species, and few examine the entire annual phenological cycle of woody species. In this paper, we explore the phenological pattern of seven woody species native to Europe under ex situ conditions for 3 years, in two urban areas with different mesoclimates. The average temperature differs by 1.81 °C between the two sites. The investigated plants were clonally identical for each species, and the exact same care protocol was kept at both sites. Despite the large variation in the phenological pattern between years, during the study, spring phenophases occurred earlier, while the examined autumn phenophases were delayed at the site observing a higher average temperature. The phenological sensitivity of flowering was significantly higher than that of leaf bud burst. The growing season was 14.8 days longer at the site with a higher average temperature. In most cases, a significant correlation was obtained between the examined phenophases and climatic factors at both sites. Among the autumn phenophases, the strongest correlation was found between the maximum temperature between July and October and the beginning of leaf coloring. Full article
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Examining the Stand Level CO2 Fluxes of Spring Forest Geophytes
by Szilárd Czóbel, Dénes Saláta, Tivadar Baltazár, Petra Trenyik and Orsolya Szirmai
Forests 2023, 14(5), 860; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050860 - 22 Apr 2023
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Spring forest ephemerals often create homogeneous patches in the understory; however, our knowledge about their stand level characteristics is deficient. Our aims were to examine, parallel to their phenology, the stand level Net Ecosystem CO2 Exchange (NEE) and evapotranspiration (ET) fluxes as [...] Read more.
Spring forest ephemerals often create homogeneous patches in the understory; however, our knowledge about their stand level characteristics is deficient. Our aims were to examine, parallel to their phenology, the stand level Net Ecosystem CO2 Exchange (NEE) and evapotranspiration (ET) fluxes as well as the dependence of NEE on leaf area (LA), air temperature (Tair) and light (PPFD) in three spring forest geophytes that are widespread in Europe. Furthermore, we compared the leaf and stand level net photosynthesis. The methods used included open chamber measurements with an infrared gas analyser in permanent plots on a weekly basis. The results showed that the stand levels of all three species proved to be carbon sinks from the beginning of the vegetation period until the end of it or until the last phase of fruit formation. The largest amount of carbon sink was observed at the peak of blooming. A positive linear correlation was measured between NEE and PPFD as well as between NEE and LA, while a negative linear regression was measured between NEE and Tair. The remarkable carbon uptake capacity indicates the non-negligible role of geophyte vegetation in the carbon flux of temperate forests. In addition, the research provided new proof about the role of stand level operation, stability and regulation. Full article
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Which Factors Determine the Distribution of Low-Impact Horse Logging in the Hungarian State-Owned Forests?
by Ákos Malatinszky, Csilla Ficsor and Eszter Tormáné Kovács
Forests 2022, 13(11), 1959; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111959 - 20 Nov 2022
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Nowadays, forest management focuses on nature- and environmentally-friendly methods in Europe with less fossil fuel use; however, animal-powered logging is rarely covered by scientific papers despite the fact that it is considered to be less harmful to topsoil, wood stands, saplings, and natural [...] Read more.
Nowadays, forest management focuses on nature- and environmentally-friendly methods in Europe with less fossil fuel use; however, animal-powered logging is rarely covered by scientific papers despite the fact that it is considered to be less harmful to topsoil, wood stands, saplings, and natural values than heavy machines. The main goal of this study is to determine its characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages based on structured and semi-structured interviews with loggers and foresters in every Hungarian state-owned forest area. Our results show that while 39 out of the total 116 Hungarian forest districts hired teams that applied horses for logging in 2013, their number fell to 24 in 2021. Despite this negative tendency, 34 out of the 44 forest districts that operate in hilly and mountainous areas still find horses to be useful for timber extraction. Five forest districts own horses, but none of them use animal power for logging (only for touristic and hunting activities). The productivity of a logging team depends on the timber extraction distance, terrain slope, number of workers, and cut timber volume per turn. The average logging capacity of a brigade with horses is 0.78 m3 per load, 15 m3 per day, and 2413 m3 per year. The average terrain slope angle is 15°, situated 350–450 m above sea level. The average timber extraction distance is 185 m, and the width of a track made by a horse is 96 cm. The average distance from the barn to the cut-block area is 11 km. Lower impact of horse logging on the affected area is more important than the amount of the harvested wood. Therefore, from a nature conservation aspect, it is essential to maintain animal logging and promote it with training and financial incentives. Full article
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Effect of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Rooting on Soil Characteristics in a Deciduous Forest Affected by Sedimentation
by Natalia Pitta-Osses, Csaba Centeri, Ádám Fehér and Krisztián Katona
Forests 2022, 13(8), 1234; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081234 - 03 Aug 2022
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Forest soils are shaped by various processes, like runoff, erosion, sedimentation and bioturbation. A better understanding of the interactions between abiotic and biotic soil-forming processes, including wild boar (Sus scrofa) rooting (i.e., subsurface foraging), enhances adequate management of forest ecosystems. We [...] Read more.
Forest soils are shaped by various processes, like runoff, erosion, sedimentation and bioturbation. A better understanding of the interactions between abiotic and biotic soil-forming processes, including wild boar (Sus scrofa) rooting (i.e., subsurface foraging), enhances adequate management of forest ecosystems. We hypothesized that intense soil sedimentation influences wild boar rooting occurrence and that wild boars modify the outcome of the sedimentation process by redistributing soil layers. This study was conducted in the Babat Valley, Hungary. We estimated the availability of sedimented and non-sedimented patches and the occurrence of boar rooting. Surveys and samplings were done along transects, over consecutive months, where the impact of rooting on the physical and chemical characteristics of soil was measured by comparing them between control and rooted sites. We found that non-sedimented, steep areas were preferred areas for rooting. Sedimentation processes have a higher impact on soil chemical characteristics and soil layer composition than wild boar rooting. We conclude that mitigation of soil degradation can be more effective by reducing adverse abiotic processes rather than wild boar population control. Full article
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