Greater increase in surface albedo following clear-cutting than wildfire in pine dominated northern Swedish boreal forests

Sammanfattning

There is a public debate on how boreal forests can deliver climate change mitigation benefits. While most debates regarding Fennoscandian forests have centered on the contrasting effects of actively managed and old-growth unmanaged forests on carbon uptake and storage, the impact of surface albedo has often been overlooked. According to the new EU forest strategy for 2030, with aim of improving quantity and quality of forests by promoting primary old-growth forests and avoiding clear-cutting, among others, we examined how albedo across a wide age range of boreal Pinus-dominated forests develops over time after wildfire (defined as unmanaged) and clear-cutting (defined as managed). We find that albedo decreases over time after disturbance, but mainly in managed forests. Annual mean albedo in young (

Nyckelord

Surface albedo; Satellite remote sensing; Boreal forest; Forest management; Unmanaged forests

Publicerad i

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
2026, volym: 376, artikelnummer: 110924
Utgivare: ELSEVIER

SLU författare

• Sundqvist, Maja

  • Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Stangl, Zsofia Réka

  • Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Nilsson Hegethorn, Marie-Charlotte

  • Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Gundale, Michael

  • Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Skogsvetenskap
Miljövetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110924

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/144871