The value of long-term history of small and fragmented old-growth forests for restoration ecology

Walter Finsinger (1) , Eleonora Cagliero (2, 1) , Donato Morresi (3) , Laure Paradis (1) , Milic Curovic (4) , Matteo Garbarino (3) , Niccolò Marchi (2) , Fabio Meloni (3) , Velibor Spalevic (4) , Emanuele Lingua (2) , Renzo Motta (3)

1 UMR ISEM - Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier
2 Unipd - Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua
3 UNITO - Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin
4 UCG - University of Montenegro

The long-term history of small and fragmented old-growth forests can provide insights into the legacies of past environmental changes and land-use history in the surrounding landscapes, which can support nature protection and restoration ecology measures.

Mots clés: disturbance history; forest structure; land-use legacy; mountain ecosystem; old-growth forest; palaeoecology

Domaines: Milieux et Changements globaux; Sylviculture, foresterie; Biodiversité et Ecologie

Walter Finsinger, Eleonora Cagliero, Donato Morresi, Laure Paradis, Milic Curovic, et al.. The value of long-term history of small and fragmented old-growth forests for restoration ecology. PAGES Magazine, 2022, 30 (1), pp.8-9. ⟨10.22498/pages.30.1.8⟩. ⟨hal-03602480⟩