Evaluation of site-adjusted forestry to foster natural forest ecosystems
Abstract
Forests in Austria are dominated by century-long forestry and hunting management. As a result of the recent calamities (windthrow, bark beetles) and uncertainty regarding the future climate the possibilities of risk reduction in forest management are under discussion. Hence, modern forestry aims to establish natural tree compositions and therefore more stable mixed stands. The Austrian Forest Inventory and the game impact monitoring show the basic potentials for high species diversity in the regeneration, but also demonstrate both the high game impact on the development prospects of rejuvenation in Austrian forests. The forest-game discussion is intensive in many places, a general solution to this problem could not be achieved so far. Nevertheless, there are several positive examples where by appropriate consideration of forestry and hunting activities and the inclusion of current ecological knowledge a increasing diversity of tree species can be achieved. Our goal is to evaluate on the basis of these best practice examples the economic, ecological and sociocultural benefit of this modern forestry.
forestry game management damage biodiversity sustainability
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Project staff
Klaus Hackländer
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Biol. Dr.rer.nat. Klaus Hackländer
klaus.hacklaender@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-83211
BOKU Project Leader
01.01.2013 - 31.12.2013
Eduard Hochbichler
Ao.Univ.Prof.i.R. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Eduard Hochbichler
eduard.hochbichler@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91314
Project Staff
01.01.2013 - 31.12.2013
BOKU partners
External partners
Büro für Waldmanagement
Dr. Herbert Kohlross
partner