Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2011
Towards a transnational system of supersites for forest monitoring and reseach in Europe – an overview on present state and future recommendations
Fischer Richard, Aas Wenche, De Vries Wenche, Clarke Nicholas, Cudlin Pavel, Leaver David, Lundin Lars, Matteucci Giorgio, Matyssek Rainer, Mikkelsen Teis N, Mirtl Michael, Öztürk Yasemin, Papale Dario, Potocic Nenad, Simpson David, Tuovinen Juha-Pekka, Vesala Timo, Wieser Gerhard, Paoletti ElenaAbstract
Science based approaches in addressing future risks and challenges for forests require close collaboration among the communities operating different monitoring and research networks as well as experts in process and large-scale modelling. Results of the COST FP0903 conference which took place in October 2010 in Rome, reveal valuable results from different European forest monitoring and research networks. However, the need for closer integration of these activities is obvious. In this paper, representatives from major European networks recommend a new approach for forest monitoring and research in Europe, based on a reasonable number of highly instrumented “supersites” and a larger number of intensive monitoring plots linked to these. This system needs to be built on existing infrastructures but requires increased coordination, harmonisation and a joint long term platform for data exchange and modellingKeywords
forest monitoring; supersites; research infrastructure; EuropePublished in
Iforest2011, volume: 4, pages: 167-171
Authors' information
Fischer, Richard
Aas, Wenche
De Vries, Wenche
Clarke, Nicholas
Cudlin, Pavel
Leaver, David
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment
Matteucci, Giorgio
Matyssek, Rainer
Mikkelsen, Teis N
Mirtl, Michael
Öztürk, Yasemin
Papale, Dario
Potocic, Nenad
Simpson, David
Tuovinen, Juha-Pekka
Vesala, Timo
Wieser, Gerhard
Paoletti, Elena
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Forest Science
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor0584-004
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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/34660