Recovery of European temperate forests after large and severe disturbances

Cerioni, Matteo (author), Brabec, Marek (author), Bače, Radek (author), Baders, Endijs (author), Bončina, Andrej (author), Brůna, Josef (author), Chećko, Ewa (author), Cordonnier, Thomas (author), de Koning, Johannes H.C. (author), Diaci, Jurij (author), Fidej, Gal (author), Klopčič, Matija (author), Nagel, Thomas Andrew (author)

As climate change progresses, there is increasing concern that large and severe disturbances may diminish the resilience of forest ecosystems and alter their recovery dynamics. We investigated recovery of temperate forests in Europe following large and severe disturbance events (more than 70 % canopy cover reduction in patches larger than 1 ha) that span a time since disturbance range of one to five decades. Across a ground-based plot network at 143 sites, featuring various forest types and management practices, subjected to 28 disturbance events, including windthrow, fire, and bark beetle, we studied post-disturbance tree density and composition, which are key indicators of forest resilience. We used this dataset to qualitatively assess forest recovery in structure and composition by comparing plot-level post-disturbance height-weighted densities with site-specific pre-disturbance densities. Additionally, we analyzed ecological drivers of post-windthrow tree density, including forest management, topography, and bioclimate, using a series of generalized additive models. The present dataset includes the plot-level data necessary to carry out the aforementioned analyses.

• Language: English
• Keywords: forest ecosystem, forest recovery, forest resilience, climate disturbances, tree composition, tree density, temperate forest, dataset
• Typology: 2.20 - Complete scientific database of research data
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Place of publishing: Durham
• Publisher: Dryad
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 1 spletni vir
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-158164
• UDC: 630*2
• DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ncjsxkt0z
• COBISS.SI-ID: 196764931
• Publication date in RUL: 27.05.2024

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: gozdni ekosistem, obnova gozda, odpornost gozda, podnebne motnje, sestava gozda, gostota gozda, zmerni gozd, nabor podatkov