Decision Support Tools and Strategies to Simulate Forest Landscape Evolutions Integrating Forest Owner Behaviour: A Review from the Case Studies of the European Project, INTEGRAL

Christophe Orazio, Rebeca Cordero Montoya, Margot Régolini, José G. Borges, Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, Susana Barreiro, Brigite Botequim, Susete Marques, Róbert Sedmák, Róbert Smreček, Yvonne Brodrechtová, Vilis Brukas, Gherardo Chirici, Marco Marchetti, Ralf Moshammer, Peter Biber, Edwin Corrigan, Ljusk Ola Eriksson, Matteo Favero, Emil Galev, Geerten M. Hengeveld, Marius Kavaliauskas, Gintautas Mozgeris, Rudolf Navrátil, Maarten Nieuwenhuis, Ivan Paligorov, Davide Pettenella, Andrius Stanislovaitis, Margarida Tomé, Renats Trubins, Ján Tuček, Matteo Vizzarri, Ida Wallin, Hans Pretzsch and Ola Sallnäs
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Christophe Orazio: Atlantic European Regional Office of the European Forest Institute—EFIATLANTIC, Cestas 33610, France
Rebeca Cordero Montoya: Atlantic European Regional Office of the European Forest Institute—EFIATLANTIC, Cestas 33610, France
Margot Régolini: Atlantic European Regional Office of the European Forest Institute—EFIATLANTIC, Cestas 33610, France
José G. Borges: Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo: Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
Susana Barreiro: Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
Brigite Botequim: Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
Susete Marques: Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
Róbert Sedmák: Department of Forest Management and Geodesy, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, Zvolen 960 53, Slovakia
Róbert Smreček: Department of Forest Management and Geodesy, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, Zvolen 960 53, Slovakia
Yvonne Brodrechtová: Department of Economics and Management of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, Zvolen 960 53, Slovakia
Vilis Brukas: Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 49, 23053 Alnarp, Sweden
Gherardo Chirici: Laboratory of Forest Geomatics (geoLAB), Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Systems, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via S. Bonaventura 13, I-50145 Firenze, Italy
Marco Marchetti: Dipartimento di Bioscienze e Territorio (DiBT), Università degli Studi del Molise, Contrada Fonte Lappone, I-86090 Pesche, Italy
Ralf Moshammer: Chair of Forest Yield Science, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
Peter Biber: Chair of Forest Yield Science, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
Edwin Corrigan: School of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary Medicine, Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland
Ljusk Ola Eriksson: Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
Matteo Favero: Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali, Università di Padova, Agripolis, v.le dell’Università 16, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy
Emil Galev: University of Forestry, 10 Kliment Ohridski blvd., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
Geerten M. Hengeveld: Wageningen University and Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Marius Kavaliauskas: Institute of Forest Management and Wood Science, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Studentu 11, LT-53361 Akademija, Lithuania
Gintautas Mozgeris: Institute of Forest Management and Wood Science, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Studentu 11, LT-53361 Akademija, Lithuania
Rudolf Navrátil: Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 1176, 165 21 Prague 6—Suchdol, Czech Republic
Maarten Nieuwenhuis: School of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary Medicine, Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland
Ivan Paligorov: University of Forestry, 10 Kliment Ohridski blvd., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
Andrius Stanislovaitis: Institute of Forest Management and Wood Science, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Studentu 11, LT-53361 Akademija, Lithuania
Margarida Tomé: Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
Renats Trubins: Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 49, 23053 Alnarp, Sweden
Ján Tuček: Department of Forest Management and Geodesy, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, Zvolen 960 53, Slovakia
Matteo Vizzarri: Dipartimento di Bioscienze e Territorio (DiBT), Università degli Studi del Molise, Contrada Fonte Lappone, I-86090 Pesche, Italy
Ida Wallin: Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 49, 23053 Alnarp, Sweden
Hans Pretzsch: Chair of Forest Yield Science, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
Ola Sallnäs: Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 49, 23053 Alnarp, Sweden

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 4, 1-31

Abstract: For forest sustainability and vulnerability assessment, the landscape scale is considered to be more and more relevant as the stand level approaches its known limitations. This review, which describes the main forest landscape simulation tools used in the 20 European case studies of the European project “Future-oriented integrated management of European forest landscapes” (INTEGRAL), gives an update on existing decision support tools to run landscape simulation from Mediterranean to boreal ecosystems. The main growth models and software available in Europe are described, and the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches are discussed. Trades-offs between input efforts and output are illustrated. Recommendations for the selection of a forest landscape simulator are given. The paper concludes by describing the need to have tools that are able to cope with climate change and the need to build more robust indicators for assessment of forest landscape sustainability and vulnerability.

Keywords: decision support system; forest landscape; indicators; sustainability; wood resource; risk evaluation; storm; fire; diseases; forest management; forest owner behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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