Comment on "Opinion paper: Forest management and biodiversity": the role of protected areas is greater than the sum of its number of species
M. Mikoláš,M. Svoboda,V. Pouska,R. C. Morrissey,D. C. Donato,W. S. Keeton,T. A. Nagel,V. D. Popescu,J. Müller,C. Bässler,J. Knorn,L. Rozylowicz,C. M. Enescu,V. Trotsiuk,P. Janda,H. Mrhalová,Z. Michalová,F. Krumm,and D. Kraus
M. Mikoláš
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 16521 Praha 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic
M. Svoboda
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 16521 Praha 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic
V. Pouska
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 16521 Praha 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic
Clear-fellings to introduce heterogeneity can be an important component of a forest management plan. However, it is misleading to compare clear-fellings to protected areas dominated by old-growth forests using a simplistic measure of biodiversity and without a landscape perspective. To minimize the well-documented role of protected areas can have adverse effects on forested landscapes, primary forest remnants, and taxa that rely on forest structural elements characteristic of old-growth forests.
Clear-fellings to introduce heterogeneity can be an important component of a forest management...
