Trade-offs of forest management scenarios on forest carbon exchange and threatened and endangered species habitat
Abstract
Management of forest lands under climate warming poses challenges to managers, some of which are difficult to predict. Examining the trade-offs associated with forest stewardship choices is essential to avoid consequences with loss of natural capital. We utilized LANDIS-II process model simulations for three forested sites located in disparate parts of the United States with the purpose of understanding the trade-offs imposed by management choices under climate warming and associated wildfire. There were only small trade-offs that emerged from the simulations, between habitat area for threatened and endangered species (TES), net ecosystem exchange for CO2 (NEE), and risk of wildfire. Stand management in the form of thinning and prescribed burning typically increased NEE while simultaneously increasing habitat for TES, while reducing the risk of wildfire. These benefits were also observed under a climate warming scenario; however, the benefits were greatly outweighed by the negative impacts f warming on both TES habitat and NEE. Balancing these ecosystem services via thinning and burning treatments is a strategic approach to mitigate risks of wildfire both currently and under a warming future climate.
- Authors:
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[2];
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1831140
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-167413
Journal ID: ISSN 2150-8925
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Ecosphere
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2150-8925
- Publisher:
- Ecological Society of America
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ecosystem carbon storage; ecosystem trade-offs; endangered species; forest disturbance; forest management
Citation Formats
McDowell, Nate G., Tan, Zeli, Hurteau, Matthew D., and Prasad, Rajiv. Trade-offs of forest management scenarios on forest carbon exchange and threatened and endangered species habitat. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1002/ecs2.3779.
McDowell, Nate G., Tan, Zeli, Hurteau, Matthew D., & Prasad, Rajiv. Trade-offs of forest management scenarios on forest carbon exchange and threatened and endangered species habitat. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3779
McDowell, Nate G., Tan, Zeli, Hurteau, Matthew D., and Prasad, Rajiv. Wed .
"Trade-offs of forest management scenarios on forest carbon exchange and threatened and endangered species habitat". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3779. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1831140.
@article{osti_1831140,
title = {Trade-offs of forest management scenarios on forest carbon exchange and threatened and endangered species habitat},
author = {McDowell, Nate G. and Tan, Zeli and Hurteau, Matthew D. and Prasad, Rajiv},
abstractNote = {Management of forest lands under climate warming poses challenges to managers, some of which are difficult to predict. Examining the trade-offs associated with forest stewardship choices is essential to avoid consequences with loss of natural capital. We utilized LANDIS-II process model simulations for three forested sites located in disparate parts of the United States with the purpose of understanding the trade-offs imposed by management choices under climate warming and associated wildfire. There were only small trade-offs that emerged from the simulations, between habitat area for threatened and endangered species (TES), net ecosystem exchange for CO2 (NEE), and risk of wildfire. Stand management in the form of thinning and prescribed burning typically increased NEE while simultaneously increasing habitat for TES, while reducing the risk of wildfire. These benefits were also observed under a climate warming scenario; however, the benefits were greatly outweighed by the negative impacts f warming on both TES habitat and NEE. Balancing these ecosystem services via thinning and burning treatments is a strategic approach to mitigate risks of wildfire both currently and under a warming future climate.},
doi = {10.1002/ecs2.3779},
journal = {Ecosphere},
number = 10,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {2021},
month = {10}
}
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