A review of ecological mechanisms for management practices of protective forests

作     者：Jiaojun Zhu Lining Song Yu Lei Jiaojun Zhu;Lining Song

作者机构：CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and ManagementInstitute of Applied EcologyShenyang 110016People’s Republic of China Qingyuan Forest CERNChinese Academy of SciencesShenyang 110016People’s Republic of China Liaoning Key Laboratory for Management of Non-Commercial ForestsShenyang 110016People’s Republic of China 不详 

出 版 物：《Journal of Forestry Research》 (林业研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第32卷第2期

页      面：435-448页

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学科分类：090702[农学-森林培育] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 0907[农学-林学] 09[农学] 0829[工学-林业工程] 0901[农学-作物学] 

基　　金：supported by grants from the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS(QYZDJSSW-DQC027) National Natural Science Foundation of China(31770757,31770758) the Consultation Project supported by Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(2019-ZW09-A-032) “Research on Development of Key Subjects in 2020−2021”from Ecological Society of China. 

主　　题：Ecologically fragile areas Ecological effects Forestry eco-engineering Management systems Assessment of protective forests 

摘      要：A protective forest,including shelterbelt,windbreak,and shelter forest as its synonyms,is characterized by the protective functions of various forest types distributed or planted on ecologically fragile areas or nearby the objects that need to be protected using the ecological effects of forests.Ecological mechanisms for management practices of protective forests is one of the disciplinary orientations in forest ecology and management.Most protective forest studies are dependent on forestry eco-engineering,such as the Great Plains Shelterbelt Project in the United States,the Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature in the Soviet Union,and the Three-North Afforestation Program in China.The development of sustainable management of protective forests has been given increasing attention by governments,scientists,and media due to their impacts on environment conservation and global change.We introduce forestry ecoengineering and provide a review of their main ecological mechanisms for management practices of protective forests.Ecological mechanisms for management systems currently applied are emphasized,i.e.,the theory of protection maturity and phase-directional management;the relationship between structure and protective functions and structural optimization measures;and,the decline mechanism and ecological restoration strategies.In addition,several unresolved problems in management practices of protective forests are discussed as well as the prospects for ecological mechanisms for management practices of protective forests in the future,which include:(1)theories and technologies for management practices of protective forests at the landscape or regional scale;(2)the decline mechanisms and corresponding ecological restoration approaches across multiple scales;and,(3)the comprehensive assessment of forestry eco-engineering at large-scales based on ecosystem principles.