Significant increase in natural disturbance impacts on European forests since 1950

Patacca, Marco; Lindner, Marcus; Lucas‐Borja, Manuel Esteban; Cordonnier, Thomas; Fidej, Gal; Gardiner, Barry; Hauf, Ylva; Jasinevičius, Gediminas; Labonne, Sophie; Linkevičius, Edgaras; Mahnken, Mats; Milanović, Slobodan; Nabuurs, G.J.; Nagel, Thomas A.; Nikinmaa, Laura; Panyatov, Momchil; Berčák, Roman; Seidl, Rupert; Sever, Maša Zorana Ostrogović; Socha, Jarosław; Thom, Dominik; Vuletić, Dijana; Zudin, Sergey; Schelhaas, Mart‐Jan

doi:10.1111/gcb.16531

articleGlobal Change BiologyDec 12, 2022BRONZE OA

Significant increase in natural disturbance impacts on European forests since 1950

MPMarco Patacca MLMarcus Lindner MEManuel Esteban Lucas‐Borja TCThomas Cordonnier GFGal Fidej

Wageningen University & Research · European Forest Institute · +21 more institutions

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Abstract Over the last decades, the natural disturbance is increasingly putting pressure on European forests. Shifts in disturbance regimes may compromise forest functioning and the continuous provisioning of ecosystem services to society, including their climate change mitigation potential. Although forests are central to many European policies, we lack the long‐term empirical data needed for thoroughly understanding disturbance dynamics, modeling them, and developing adaptive management strategies. Here, we present a unique database of >170,000 records of ground‐based natural disturbance observations in European forests from 1950 to 2019. Reported data confirm a significant increase in forest disturbance…

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Disturbance (geology)
Climate change
Bark beetle
Forest management
Environmental science
Environmental resource management
Salvage logging
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