European primary forest database v2.0.
Journal
Scientific data
ISSN: 2052-4463
Titre abrégé: Sci Data
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101640192
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 08 2021
17 08 2021
Historique:
received:
17
11
2020
accepted:
06
07
2021
entrez:
18
8
2021
pubmed:
19
8
2021
medline:
1
10
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Primary forests, defined here as forests where the signs of human impacts, if any, are strongly blurred due to decades without forest management, are scarce in Europe and continue to disappear. Despite these losses, we know little about where these forests occur. Here, we present a comprehensive geodatabase and map of Europe's known primary forests. Our geodatabase harmonizes 48 different, mostly field-based datasets of primary forests, and contains 18,411 individual patches (41.1 Mha) spread across 33 countries. When available, we provide information on each patch (name, location, naturalness, extent and dominant tree species) and the surrounding landscape (biogeographical regions, protection status, potential natural vegetation, current forest extent). Using Landsat satellite-image time series (1985-2018) we checked each patch for possible disturbance events since primary forests were identified, resulting in 94% of patches free of significant disturbances in the last 30 years. Although knowledge gaps remain, ours is the most comprehensive dataset on primary forests in Europe, and will be useful for ecological studies, and conservation planning to safeguard these unique forests.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34404811
doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00988-7
pii: 10.1038/s41597-021-00988-7
pmc: PMC8371020
doi:
Types de publication
Dataset
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
220Subventions
Organisme : EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020)
ID : 658876
Organisme : Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt (Frankfurt Zoological Society)
ID : ETN-WIE-FZS-001
Organisme : Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt (Frankfurt Zoological Society)
ID : ETN-WIE-FZS-001
Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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