Climate Adaptive Silviculture for the City: Practitioners and Researchers Co-create a Framework for Studying Urban Oak-Dominated Mixed Hardwood Forests

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Lisa Hayden¹  Laura Dewald²  Brittany M. Wienke³  Jack Hale⁴  Heather Dionne⁴  Danica A. Doroski⁵  Ian Yesilonis⁶  Robert T. Fahey⁶  Helen Forgione⁷  Thomas Witmer⁷  Taro Ieataka⁷  Luke Rhodes⁷  Todd Forrest⁸  Keith Nislow⁸  Eric Hansen⁹  Sarah Hines^1,10  Alexander Sherman^1,11  Susannah B. Lerman^1,11  Tara Trammell^1,12  Myla F. J. Aronson^1,13  Max Blaustein^1,14  Jessica Schuler^1,14  Thomas Worthley^1,14  Clara C. Pregitzer^1,14  Megan E. Carr^1,15  Ashley A. Bowers^1,15  Eliot Nagele^1,15  Leslie A. Brandt^1,16  David Bloniarz^1,17  Charles Murphy^1,17  Max R. Piana^1,17  Dhan Parker^1,17  Nancy F. Sonti^1,18  Jessica M. Hoch^1,18  Vince D’Amico^1,19  Michelle L. Johnson^2,20  Richard A. Hallett^2,20  Mark Ashton^2,21 

[1] Walicki, LLC, Middlefield, CT, United States;0Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States;0Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States;1Forestry Division – City of Hartford, Hartford, CT, United States;2Connecticut Department of Energy and the Environment, Hartford, CT, United States;3Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States;4Natural Areas Conservancy, New York, NY, United States;5The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, United States;;6Ferrucci &7New England Forestry Foundation, Littleton, MA, United States;8Westcheter County Parks, North Salem, NY, United States;9City of Springfield, Springfield, MA, United States;Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, United States;Department of Parks and Recreation – City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States;Department of Recreation and Parks – City of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, United States,;Northern Research Station, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, USDA Forest Service, St. Paul, MN, United States;Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Amherst, MA, United States;Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Baltimore, MD, United States;Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Philadelphia, PA, United States;Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Queens, NY, United States;The Forest School at the School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States;

关键词: urban forests;    urban forestry;    silviculture;    forest restoration;    climate adaptation;    climate vulnerability;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fevo.2021.750495

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Urban forested natural areas are an important component of the forest and tree canopy in northeastern United States urban areas. Although similar to native forests in surrounding regions in structure, composition, and function, these natural areas are threatened by multiple, co-occurring biological and climate stressors that are exacerbated by the urban environment. Furthermore, forests in cities often lack application of formal silvicultural approaches reliant upon evidence-based applied ecological sciences. These include both urban- and climate-adapted silvicultural techniques to increase the resilience and sustainability of native forests in cities. With this in mind, we convened a group of urban forest practitioners and researchers from along a latitudinal gradient in the northeastern United States to participate in a workshop focused on co-developing long-term, replicated ecological studies that will underlie the basis for potential silvicultural applications to urban forests. In this article we review the process and outcomes of the workshop, including an assessment of forest vulnerability, and adaptive capacity across the region, as well as shared management goals and objectives. We discuss the social and ecological challenges of managing urban oak-dominated mixed hardwood forests relative to non-urban forests and identify potential examples of urban- and climate-adapted silviculture strategies created by practitioners and researchers. In doing so, we highlight the challenges and need for basic and long-term applied ecological research relevant to silvicultural applications in cities.

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