A proper management of forests is crucial to ensure the sustainable provision of environmental, economic and social benefits, and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) criteria and related indicators have been developed to monitor and report the status of European forests (FOREST EUROPE, 2015: State of Europe’s Forests 2015). SFM criterion 2 considers forest ecosystem health and vitality. Within the LIFE project FutureForCoppiceS (LIFE14 ENV/IT/000514; http://www.futureforcoppices.eu/it/), SFM criterion 2 has been implemented by means of both current [defoliation and damage (Eichhorn et al., 2016; Ferretti and Fisher, 2013)] and new [leaf traits: chlorophyll a fluorescence, chlorophyll content and leaf morphology (Pollastrini et al., 2016)] indicators. These indicators were applied on three European Forests Types (EFT) (Apennine‑Corsican mountainous beech forest; Mediterranean evergreen oak forest; Turkey oak, Hungarian oak and sessile oak forest), on a total of 21 forest coppice stands in two Italian regions. Data analysis are carried out in order to test (i) the relation between current indicators and new, quantitative eco-physiological indicators, for a potential interpretation of available forest health monitoring data under a functional perspective; and (ii) the ability of different management options to support forest health and vitality, as measured by current and new indicators. Together with all the other outcomes of the project, the results will help to better interpret the value of SFM indicators and augment the understanding of the resilience and adaptive capacity of coppice forests. These are necessary to promote “climate smart forestry” in coppice forests.
Leaf traits: a tool to assess forest health and vitality / E. Gottardini, D. Bettini, M. Calderisi, F. Cristofolini, A. Cristofori, M. Pollastrini, F. Zuliani, M. Ferretti. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017), pp. 0-0. (Intervento presentato al convegno Air pollution, climate change and forest ecosystems: evidence for effects, adaptation, and mitigation. 6 th ICP Forests Scientific Conference tenutosi a Bucharest, Romania nel 16-17 May 2017).
Leaf traits: a tool to assess forest health and vitality
E. Gottardini;M. Pollastrini;
2017
Abstract
A proper management of forests is crucial to ensure the sustainable provision of environmental, economic and social benefits, and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) criteria and related indicators have been developed to monitor and report the status of European forests (FOREST EUROPE, 2015: State of Europe’s Forests 2015). SFM criterion 2 considers forest ecosystem health and vitality. Within the LIFE project FutureForCoppiceS (LIFE14 ENV/IT/000514; http://www.futureforcoppices.eu/it/), SFM criterion 2 has been implemented by means of both current [defoliation and damage (Eichhorn et al., 2016; Ferretti and Fisher, 2013)] and new [leaf traits: chlorophyll a fluorescence, chlorophyll content and leaf morphology (Pollastrini et al., 2016)] indicators. These indicators were applied on three European Forests Types (EFT) (Apennine‑Corsican mountainous beech forest; Mediterranean evergreen oak forest; Turkey oak, Hungarian oak and sessile oak forest), on a total of 21 forest coppice stands in two Italian regions. Data analysis are carried out in order to test (i) the relation between current indicators and new, quantitative eco-physiological indicators, for a potential interpretation of available forest health monitoring data under a functional perspective; and (ii) the ability of different management options to support forest health and vitality, as measured by current and new indicators. Together with all the other outcomes of the project, the results will help to better interpret the value of SFM indicators and augment the understanding of the resilience and adaptive capacity of coppice forests. These are necessary to promote “climate smart forestry” in coppice forests.
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