Planted Forests and Biodiversity
Authors: Carnus, Jean-Michel1; Parrotta, John1; Brockerhoff, Eckehard1; Arbez, Michel1; Jactel, Hervé1; Kremer, Antoine1; Lamb, David1; O'Hara, Kevin1; Walters, Bradley1
Source: Journal of Forestry, Volume 104, Number 2, March 2006 , pp. 65-77(13)
Abstract:
Expansion of planted forests and intensification of their management has raised concerns among forest managers and the public over the implications of these trends for sustainable production and conservation of forest biological diversity. We review the current state of knowledge on the impacts of plantation forestry on genetic and species diversity at different spatial scales and discuss the economic and ecological implications of biodiversity management within plantation stands and landscapes. Managing plantations to produce goods such as timber while also enhancing ecological services such as biodiversity involves tradeoffs, which can be made only with a clear understanding of the ecological context of plantations in the broader landscape and agreement among stakeholders on the desired balance of goods and ecological services from plantations.Keywords: biological diversity; conservation biology; planted forests; stand management; landscape management
Document Type: Research article
Affiliations: 1: Jean-Michel Carnus () is director, Forest and Wood Research Site, Institut National Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Pierroton, 33610 Cestas, France. John Parrotta (jparrotta@fs.fed.us) is national research program leader for International Science Issues, USDA Forest Service-Research and Development, 4th floor RP-C, North Kent Street, Arlington, VA 22209 Eckehard Brockerhoff (Eckehard.Brockerhoff@ensisjv.com) is senior scientist in the Forest Health and Biodiversity group at Ensis, University of Canterbury, P.O. Box 29237, Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand. Michel Arbez (aquitaine@iefc.net) is honorary president, Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée, 33610, Cestas, France. Hervé Jactel (herve.jactel@pierroton.inra.fr), is director, Forest Entomology Laboratory, Institut National Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Pierroton, 33610 Cestas, France. Antoine Kremer (antoine.kremer@pierroton.inra.fr) is director, Biodiversity Research Unit, Institut National Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Pierroton, 33610 Cestas, France. David Lamb (d.lamb@botany.uq.edu.au) is associate professor, School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. Kevin O'Hara (ohara@nature.berkeley.edu) is professor of Silviculture, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114. Bradley B. Walters (bwalters@mta.ca) is associate professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada E4L 1A7. An earlier version of this article was presented at UNFF Intersessional Experts Meeting on the Role of Planted Forests in Sustainable Forest Management, Mar. 24–30, 2003, New Zealand. Buck, A., J. Parrotta, and G. Wolfrum (eds.). 2003. P. 33–49 in Science and technology—building the future or the world's forests and planted forests and biodiversity. International Union of Forestry Research Organisations (IUFRO) Occasional
