{"id":7052,"date":"2026-09-29T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/?p=7052"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:07:52","slug":"comparing-the-index-of-biodiversity-potential-ibp-in-managed-and-unmanaged-temperate-lowland-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/2026\/09\/29\/comparing-the-index-of-biodiversity-potential-ibp-in-managed-and-unmanaged-temperate-lowland-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing the Index of Biodiversity Potential (IBP) in managed and unmanaged temperate lowland forests"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><p class=\"c-article__sub-heading\" data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\"><b><span style=\"color: #0d5c06;font-size: 10pt\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1351_Fig1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7056 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1351_Fig1-275x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1351_Fig1-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1351_Fig1-640x698.png 640w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/13595_2026_1351_Fig1.png 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>Research paper<\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article__sub-heading\" data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\"><b>Key Message<br \/>\n<\/b>The Index of Biodiversity Potential (IBP) can differentiate between management regimes in a context of semi-natural, mature, close-to-nature managed and set-aside temperate lowland forests. Under optimal tree-growing conditions, thresholds within the capped IBP are frequently and largely exceeded. Application of an uncapped IBP or adjustment of the scoring systems can increase the discriminating power of the index for maturity-related factors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords<br \/>\n<\/strong>Forest structure; Forest management; Time since set-aside; Deadwood; Management tool<\/p>\n<div class='altmetric-embed' data-badge-type='donut' data-doi='10.1186\/s13595-026-01351-9'  style='float: right; ' ><\/div>\n<p><strong>Publication<br \/>\n<\/strong>De Win, Y., Simons, J., Vandekerkhove, K.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0Comparing the Index of Biodiversity Potential (IBP) in managed and unmanaged temperate lowland forests.\u00a0<i>Annals of Forest Science<\/i>\u00a0<b>83<\/b>, 33 (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-026-01351-9\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-026-01351-9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Data availability\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe data that support the findings of this study are available online: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.19087417\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.19087417<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Handling editor<br \/>\n<\/strong>Jean-Christophe Domec<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research paper Key Message The Index of Biodiversity Potential (IBP) can differentiate between management regimes in a context of semi-natural, mature, close-to-nature managed and set-aside temperate lowland forests. Under optimal tree-growing conditions, thresholds within the capped IBP are frequently and largely exceeded. Application of an uncapped IBP or adjustment of the scoring systems can increase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,109,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-type","category-open-access","category-research-paper","cat-14-id","cat-109-id","cat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7057,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7052\/revisions\/7057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}