Chellaiah, Darshanaa
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
In many national guidelines and policies regarding protection of freshwater systems from stressors associated with forestry, riparian buffer width is a commonly prescribed strategy, typically with no other refinements of protection measures. In Sweden, the Strategic Management Objectives (SMOs) were developed to ensure that riparian buffers that are left after harvesting sustain important ecosystem attributes in aquatic systems, referred to as objectives, namely shading, biodiversity, reduction of sedimentation, and provision of deadwood and food. However, little specification is given on threshold targets or how to manage riparian zones to effectively provide these objectives. In this paper, we evaluated whether existing riparian buffers of different widths along small, recently harvested (
Keywords
Riparian buffers; Best management practices; Buffer width; Ecological function; Forestry; Headwaters
Published in
Forest Ecology and Management
2021, volume: 499, article number: 119591
Publisher: ELSEVIER
SLU Authors
Kuglerová, Lenka
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
SDG6 Clean water and sanitation
SDG15 Life on land
UKÄ Subject classification
Forest Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119591
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/113751