| Title: | Forest managers’ perspectives on environmental changes in the biosphere reserve Mura-Drava-Danube |
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| Authors: | ID Sallmannshofer, Marcus (Author)
ID Damjanić, Rok (Author)
ID Vacik, Harald (Author)
ID Westergren, Marjana (Author)
ID Baloh, Tjaša (Author)
ID Božič, Gregor (Author)
ID Ivanković, Mladen (Author)
ID Kovács, Gyula (Author)
ID Lanšćak, Miran (Author)
ID Lapin, Katharina (Author)
ID Nagy, Laszlo (Author)
ID Krajter Ostoić, Silvija (Author)
ID Orlović, Saša (Author)
ID Stojnić, Srđan (Author)
ID Železnik, Peter (Author)
ID Zlatković, Milica (Author)
ID Schueler, Silvio (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1160166/full
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  SciVie - Slovenian Forestry Institute
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| Abstract: | Riparian forests are particularly vulnerable to environmental change and anthropogenic influences because they are highly dynamic ecosystems, thus proper adaptation measures are crucial. The implementation of these measures, however, strongly depends on the actors’ perceptions of the specific problems occurring in such forests. For understanding the constraints of specific interest groups toward different adaptation activities, information in this field is essential. By conducting a questionnaire survey we explore how different types of forest managers, i.e., forestry professionals, forest owners, and conservation managers, perceive the effects of environmental change on forest management in the recently established Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube. We show that these forest managers are highly aware of ongoing environmental changes and appraise deteriorating forest conditions, especially after observing changes themselves. Abiotic damage is expected to increase the most, followed by biotic damage, the spread of non-native species, and tree dieback. Nearly 80% of the survey respondents expect further changes and almost all of them intend to adapt their management of forests to mitigate or prepare for these changes. Nevertheless, we show differences in sensitivity to change and willingness to initiate adaptation actions by assessing adaptation thresholds: conservation managers appear generally more tolerant to changes, which results in higher thresholds to initiate management adaptation than forestry professionals |
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| Keywords: | biosphere reserve Mura-Drava-Danube, forest management, sensitivity to environmental change, stakeholder perception, adaptation thresholds, riparian forest tree species |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2023 |
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| Number of pages: | 14 str. |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 6, art. no.ǂ1160166 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-16605  |
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| UDC: | 630*6:630*9 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2624-893X |
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| DOI: | 10.3389/ffgc.2023.1160166 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 154082563 |
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| Note: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Opis vira z dne 31. 5. 2023;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 31.05.2023 |
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