Linking structure and species richness to support forest biodiversity monitoring at large scales

By Véronique Lesage On 23 January 2023 In All published articles, Data in repository, Open Access, Research paper

Key message

Authors have analyzed the possible correlation between measurements/indicators of forest structure and species richness of many taxonomic or functional groups over three regions of Germany. Results show the potential to use structural attributes as a surrogate for species richness of most of the analyzed taxonomic and functional groups. This information can be transferred to large-scale forest inventories to support biodiversity monitoring.

Keywords
Structural diversity; Taxonomic/functional diversity; Biodiversity monitoring; National Forest Inventory

Publication
Storch, F., Boch, S., Gossner, M.M. et al. Linking structure and species richness to support forest biodiversity monitoring at large scales. Annals of Forest Science 80, 3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-022-01169-1

Data and/or Code availability
The data that support the findings of this study are available from Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/

Handling Editor
Matteo Vizzarri

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