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Restoring Broadleaved Forests in Southern Sweden as Climate Changes

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A Goal-Oriented Approach to Forest Landscape Restoration

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Temperate broadleaved forests in southern Sweden are important for biodiversity and policies have, so far, been concentrated on protecting the few valuable forests that still remain. This approach is now being challenged by rapid climate change. Using a vegetation model, we present transient and potential long-term predictions for changes in the natural distribution of different tree species and forest composition. Our model analyses show that temperate broadleaved tree species will be able to be established further north than their present distribution. In addition, this region will probably be an area of high species turnover, with the loss of boreal species and gains of temperate species. New broadleaved forests need to be restored in order to enhance reintegration. Current forest policies may not be relevant under a climate change scenario. Research is needed in climate change impacts on species and habitats, habitat restoration, migration of species, alternative silvicultural systems and efficient regeneration systems. It would probably be too expensive for the society to rely only on governmental resources for sustainable landscape level restorations programs. Instead a pragmatic approach, which considers the economic aspects of private forest owners, as well as other goals, should be adopted. In addition, policies must be based on a holistic understanding of the interactions between management, climate change and biodiversity.

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We thank Sees-editing Ltd for linguistic improvements, and one anonymous referee and the editors who helped us to improve the clarity of this manuscript. We also thank Adrian Pachzelt from the LOEWE Biodiveristy and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) in Frankfurt/Main for editing the final figures. Financial support was received from the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning and the research program Sustainable Management in Hardwood Forests.

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  1. Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 49, 23053, Alnarp, Sweden

    Magnus Löf & Jörg Brunet

  2. Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) and Department of Physical Geography, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    Thomas Hickler

  3. Södra Skog, Höör verksamhetsområde, Södra Skogsägarna ekonomisk förening, Pumpvägen 2, 24393, Höör, Sweden

    Maria Birkedal

  4. Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6301, USA

    Anna Jensen

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Löf, M., Brunet, J., Hickler, T., Birkedal, M., Jensen, A. (2012). Restoring Broadleaved Forests in Southern Sweden as Climate Changes. In: Stanturf, J., Madsen, P., Lamb, D. (eds) A Goal-Oriented Approach to Forest Landscape Restoration. World Forests, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5338-9_14

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