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Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations

1 Forest & Nature Lab, Department of Forest and Water Management
2 Department Community Ecology [UFZ Leipzig]
3 iDiv - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
4 UMR ECOFOG - Ecologie des forêts de Guyane
5 FIU - Florida International University [Miami]
6 Department of Botany
7 Centre for Ecosystems, Society and Biosecurity
8 Centre for Forest Research (CFR)
9 Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden
10 BioGeCo - Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés
11 Institute of Forest Ecology
12 IEU - Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
13 Faculty of Biology
14 Ecosystem Management, Department of Environmental Systems Science
15 Department of Plant Sciences
16 School of Biological Sciences
17 SETE - Station d'écologie théorique et expérimentale
18 Department of Science for Nature and Natural Resources
19 IAFES - Division on Impacts on Agriculture, Forests and Ecosystem Services
20 Institut des Sciences de la Forêt tempérée (ISFORT)
21 Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape
22 Département des Sciences naturelles
23 SERC - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
24 Ecosystem Restoration and Intervention Ecology Research Group, School of Plant Biology
25 ELIE - Earth and Life Institute - Environmental Sciences
26 Department of Biology [Montréal]
27 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
28 Department of Forest Resources
29 HIE - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment [Richmond]
30 School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography
31 Department of Crop Production Ecology
Douglas Godbold
Herve Jactel

Résumé

The area of forest plantations is increasing worldwide helping to meet timber demand and protect natural forests. However, with global change, monospecific plantations are increasingly vulnerable to abiotic and biotic disturbances. As an adaption measure we need to move to plantations that are more diverse in genotypes, species, and structure, with a design underpinned by science. TreeDivNet, a global network of tree diversity experiments, responds to this need by assessing the advantages and disadvantages of mixed species plantations. The network currently consists of 18 experiments, distributed over 36 sites and five ecoregions. With plantations 1-15 years old, TreeDivNet can already provide relevant data for forest policy and management. In this paper, we highlight some early results on the carbon sequestration and pest resistance potential of more diverse plantations. Finally, suggestions are made for new, innovative experiments in understudied regions to complement the existing network.
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hal-01204232 , version 1 (23-10-2020)

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Kris Verheyen, Margot Vanhellemont, Harald Auge, Lander Baeten, Christopher Baraloto, et al.. Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations. AMBIO: A Journal of Environment and Society, 2015, online first (1), ⟨10.1007/s13280-015-0685-1⟩. ⟨hal-01204232⟩
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