Assessing and evaluating Forest Biodiversity and Forest Habitats

Forest monitoring is critically important to assessments of biodiversity and conservation status because of the high levels of diversity and endemism in forests. Monitoring is an important tool for assessing the threat and conservation status of species in forests, both managed forests and forest habitats.

 

We follow the development in managed and natural forest and quantify differences in forest dynamics and biodiversity-related structures between forest reserves and managed forests.

 

Our focus is set on processes:

 

• How does trees regenerate, compete, age, die, decompose e.g.?

• What are the most important habitat structures (old and large trees, coarse woody debris, cracks, cavities e.g.) which are bound to dying and dead trees?

As part the Danish terrestrial monitoring programme in open land ?? we have developed a set of indicators of biodiversity. Habitat extent, fragmentation and rate of change in threat assessments are key topics.

 

Collaboration

 

EEA

JRC