Biodiversity conservation and systemic silviculture: Concepts and applications

• DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2011.558705
• Publication Date: 2011-05-26T10:27:43Z
• Authors: O. Ciancio; S. Nocentini
• Keywords: Silviculture; Natura 2000; Forest structure

Abstract Classic silviculture and management, with the aim of predicting regeneration rate producing a constant yield merchantable wood, have simplified many forests, often transforming natural forests into plantations or coppices. To conserve forest complexity biodiversity, management should change reference paradigm consider ecosystems as complex biological systems characterized by inherent unpredictability their trajectories in continuously changing environment. The new Management Plan for Vallombrosa Forest (Florence, Italy), State Nature Reserve Natura 2000 Site, is based on this approach. gradual evolution pure silver fir stands toward mixed structure. Most species considered depend an increase structural diversity at different space time scales. approach proposed plan coherent thus biodiversity conservation not conflict but is, instead, direct consequence systemic