Using management to address vegetation stress related to land-use and climate change

被引:5
作者
Middleton, Beth A. [1 ]
Boudell, Jere [2 ]
Fisichelli, Nicholas A. [3 ]
机构
[1] US Geol Survey, Wetlands & Aquat Res Ctr, Lafayette, LA 70506 USA
[2] Clayton State Univ, Dept Biol, Morrow, GA 30260 USA
[3] Schood Inst Acadia Natl Pk, Forest Ecol Program, Winter Harbor, ME 04693 USA
关键词
Acer rubrum; boreal forest; relict species; salinity intrusion; southwestern riparian forest; Taxodium distichum; SEA-LEVEL RISE; COASTAL FOREST; RESTORATION; DISTURBANCE; STRATEGIES; REGIMES;
D O I
10.1111/rec.12507
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
While disturbances such as fire, cutting, and grazing can be an important part of the conservation of natural lands, some adjustments to management designed to mimic natural disturbance may be necessary with ongoing and projected climate change. Stressed vegetation that is incapable of regeneration will be difficult to maintain if adults are experiencing mortality, and/or if their early life-history stages depend on disturbance. A variety of active management strategies employing disturbance are suggested, including resisting, accommodating, or directing vegetation change by manipulating management intensity and frequency. Particularly if land-use change is the main cause of vegetation stress, amelioration of these problems using management may help vegetation resist change (e.g. strategic timing of water release if a water control structure is available). Managers could direct succession by using management to push vegetation toward a new state. Despite the historical effects of management, some vegetation change will not be controllable as climates shift, and managers may have to accept some of these changes. Nevertheless, proactive measures may help managers achieve important conservation goals in the future.
引用
收藏
页码:326 / 329
页数:4
相关论文
共 32 条
[1]  
ABRAMS MD, 1989, FOREST SCI, V35, P42
[2]  
[Anonymous], CLIM CHANG 2014 IM A
[3]   Influence of Livestock Grazing and Climate on Pinyon Pine (Pins edulis) Dynamics [J].
Barger, Nichole N. ;
Adams, Henry D. ;
Woodhouse, Connie ;
Neff, Jason C. ;
Asner, Gregory P. .
RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, 2009, 62 (06) :531-539
[4]  
Baron JS, 2002, ECOL APPL, V12, P1247
[5]  
Bennett Andrew F., 2009, Ecological Management & Restoration, V10, P192, DOI 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2009.00489.x
[6]   Is conservation triage just smart decision making? [J].
Bottrill, Madeleine C. ;
Joseph, Liana N. ;
Carwardine, Josie ;
Bode, Michael ;
Cook, Carly N. ;
Game, Edward T. ;
Grantham, Hedley ;
Kark, Salit ;
Linke, Simon ;
McDonald-Madden, Eve ;
Pressey, Robert L. ;
Walker, Susan ;
Wilson, Kerrie A. ;
Possingham, Hugh P. .
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 2008, 23 (12) :649-654
[7]   Propagule banks: Potential contribution to restoration of an impounded and dewatered riparian ecosystem [J].
Boudell, Jere A. ;
Stromberg, Juliet C. .
WETLANDS, 2008, 28 (03) :656-665
[8]   Future climate affects management strategies for maintaining forest restoration treatments [J].
Diggins, Corinne ;
Fule, Peter Z. ;
Kaye, Jason P. ;
Covington, W. Wallace .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE, 2010, 19 (07) :903-913
[9]   Can forest management based on natural disturbances maintain ecological resilience? [J].
Drever, C. Ronnie ;
Peterson, Garry ;
Messier, Christian ;
Bergeron, Yves ;
Flannigan, Mike .
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH, 2006, 36 (09) :2285-2299
[10]   Is 'Resilience' Maladaptive? Towards an Accurate Lexicon for Climate Change Adaptation [J].
Fisichelli, Nicholas A. ;
Schuurman, Gregor W. ;
Hoffman, Cat Hawkins .
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 2016, 57 (04) :753-758