Decision support tools and strategies to simulate forest landscape evolutions integrating forest owner behaviour: a review from the case studies of the European Project, INTEGRAL

Orazio, Christophe; Cordero Montoya, Rebeca; Régolini, Margot; Borges, José G.; Garcia Gonzalo, Jordi; Barreiro, Susana; Botequim, Brigite; Marques, Susete; Sedmák, Róbert; Smreček, Róbert; Brodrechtová, Yvonne; Brukas, Vilis; Chirici, Gherardo; Marchetti, Marco; Moshammer, Ralf; Biber, Peter; Corrigan, Edwin; Eriksson, Ljusk Ola; Favero, Matteo; Galev, Emil; Hengeveld, Geerten M.; Kavaliauskas, Marius; Mozgeris, Gintautas; Navrátil, Rudolf; Nieuwenhuis, Maarten; Paligorov, Ivan; Pettenella, Davide; Stanislovaitis, Andrius; Tomé, Margarida; Trubins, Renats; Tuček, Ján; Vizzarri, Matteo; Wallin, Ida; Pretzsch, Hans; Sallnäs, Ola

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2017-04-13

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Orazio, Christophe

Cordero Montoya, Rebeca

Régolini, Margot

Borges, José G.

Garcia Gonzalo, Jordi

Barreiro, Susana

Botequim, Brigite

Marques, Susete

Sedmák, Róbert

Smreček, Róbert

Brodrechtová, Yvonne

Brukas, Vilis

Chirici, Gherardo

Marchetti, Marco

Moshammer, Ralf

Biber, Peter

Corrigan, Edwin

Eriksson, Ljusk Ola

Favero, Matteo

Galev, Emil

Hengeveld, Geerten M.

Kavaliauskas, Marius

Mozgeris, Gintautas

Navrátil, Rudolf

Nieuwenhuis, Maarten

Paligorov, Ivan

Pettenella, Davide

Stanislovaitis, Andrius

Tomé, Margarida

Trubins, Renats

Tuček, Ján

Vizzarri, Matteo

Wallin, Ida

Pretzsch, Hans

Sallnäs, Ola

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Orazio, Christophe; Cordero Montoya, Rebeca; Régolini, Margot; Borges, José G.; Garcia Gonzalo, Jordi; Barreiro, Susana; ... Sallnäs, Ola. (2017) . Decision support tools and strategies to simulate forest landscape evolutions integrating forest owner behaviour: a review from the case studies of the European Project, INTEGRAL. Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, núm. 4, p. 599. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9040599.

Abstract

For forest sustainability and vulnerability assessment, the landscape scale is considered to be more and more relevant as the stand level approaches its known limitations. This review, which describes the main forest landscape simulation tools used in the 20 European case studies of the European project “Future-oriented integrated management of European forest landscapes” (INTEGRAL), gives an update on existing decision support tools to run landscape simulation from Mediterranean to boreal ecosystems. The main growth models and software available in Europe are described, and the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches are discussed. Trades-offs between input efforts and output are illustrated. Recommendations for the selection of a forest landscape simulator are given. The paper concludes by describing the need to have tools that are able to cope with climate change and the need to build more robust indicators for assessment of forest landscape sustainability and vulnerability.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/69118

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https://doi.org/10.3390/su9040599

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Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, núm. 4, p. 599

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