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Research | Open Access

Effects of firewood harvesting intensity on biodiversity and ecosystem services in shrublands of northern Patagonia

Matías G. Goldenberg1,2 ( ), Facundo J. Oddi1,2, Juan H. Gowda3, Lucas A. Garibaldi1,2
Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA, CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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Abstract

Background

Forest management has historically focused on provisioning of goods (e.g. timber, biomass), but there is an increasing interest to manage forests also to maintain biodiversity and to provide other ecosystem services (ES).

Methods

We evaluated the effects of firewood harvesting intensity on biodiversity and different ES in three contrasting shrubland sites in northern Patagonia (Argentina). At each site, four harvesting treatments, representing various levels of harvest intensity, were randomly assigned to eight permanent sample plots of 31.5 m × 45 m during 2013–2014.

Results

We found that the effects of increasing harvesting intensity on plant diversity changed from negative to positive (and from nonlinear to more linear responses) witd increasing site productivity. Harvesting intensity showed contrasting effects on variables related to fire protection ecosystem service, since it reduced fuel amount (potentially reducing fire spread) but also reduced live fuel moisture content (potentially increasing flammability) at the three sites. Two variables related to soil formation and protection ES, leaf litter cover and aerial soil cover, decreased witd harvesting intensity at the three sites.

Conclusions

We conclude that shrubland management for firewood production may enhance biodiversity without compromising certain important ES. The intensity of harvesting should be determined according to site conditions and forecasted impacts on biodiversity, fire and soil formation and protection.

Keywords

Ecosystem servicesTemperate forest ecosystemsDisturbance intensityPlant diversity

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Forest Ecosystems
Volume 7 Issue 4,
December 2020
Article number: 47
DOI: 10.1186/s40663-020-00255-y
Cite this article:
Goldenberg MG, Oddi FJ, Gowda JH, et al. Effects of firewood harvesting intensity on biodiversity and ecosystem services in shrublands of northern Patagonia. Forest Ecosystems, 2020, 7(4): 47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00255-y

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Received: 21 January 2020
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Published: 19 July 2020
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