Fridman, Jonas
- Institutionen för skoglig resurshushållning och geomatik, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Sammanfattning
Policies for future conservation of forests must be preceded by an evaluation of the present reserves. Using data from the Swedish National Forest Inventory, this study analyses Swedish reserves, i.e. national parks, nature reserves and forest service reserves, in terms of proportion of forest, stand age, site quality, tree species composition and tree volumes. The results show that in Sweden, the proportion of productive forest within reserves is 20% compared to 60% of the non-reserve land area, and that the volume of dead trees is greater in reserves. In general the distribution of forests within reserves is skewed towards old, low:productivity Norway spruce forests in Northwest Sweden. This allocation may not meet the demands for protection of the habitats of endangered species. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Nyckelord
forest reserves; inventory; biodiversity; dead trees; Swedish National Forest Inventory
Publicerad i
Biological Conservation
2000, volym: 96, nummer: 1, sidor: 95-103
Utgivare: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
SLU författare
Associerade SLU-program
Skog
UKÄ forskningsämne
Skogsvetenskap
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00056-2
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/41046