Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2012
Adapting forest health assessments to changing perspectives on threats—a case example from Sweden
Wulff Sören, Lindelöw Åke, Lundin Lars, Hansson Per, Axelsson Anna-Lena, Barklund Pia, Wijk Sture, Ståhl GöranAbstract
A revised Swedish forest health assessment system is presented. The assessment system is composed of several interacting components which target information needs for strategic and operational decision making and accommodate a continuously expanding knowledge base. The main motivation for separating information for strategic and operational decision making is that major damage outbreaks are often scattered throughout the landscape. Generally, large-scale inventories (such as national forest inventories) cannot provide adequate information for mitigation measures. In addition to broad monitoring programs that provide time-series information on known damaging agents and their effects, there is also a need for local and regional inventories adapted to specific damage events. While information for decision making is the major focus of the health assessment system, the system also contributes to expanding the knowledge base of forest conditions. For example, the integrated monitoring programs provide a better understanding of ecological processes linked to forest health. The new health assessment system should be able to respond to the need for quick and reliable information and thus will be an important part of the future monitoring of Swedish forests.Keywords
Forest health; Monitoring; Forest damage; Resin-top disease; Spruce bark beetlePublished in
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment2012, volume: 184, number: 4, pages: 2453-2464
Authors' information
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Resource Management
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment
Hansson, Per
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Ecology and Management
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Resource Management
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Wijk, Sture
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Resource Management
Associated SLU-program
Forest
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Forest Science
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-011-2130-7
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/36459