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Sabatini FM, Bluhm H, Kun Z, et al. European primary forest database v2.0. Sci Data. 2021;8(1):220doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00988-7.
Sabatini, F. M., Bluhm, H., Kun, Z., Aksenov, D., Atauri, J. A., Buchwald, E., Burrascano, S., Cateau, E., Diku, A., Duarte, I. M., Fernández López, �. �. B., Garbarino, M., Grigoriadis, N., Horváth, F., Keren, S., Kitenberga, M., Kiš, A., Kraut, A., Ibisch, P. L., Larrieu, L., Lombardi, F., Matovic, B., Melu, R. N., Meyer, P., Midteng, R., Mikac, S., Mikoláš, M., Mozgeris, G., Panayotov, M., Pisek, R., Nunes, L., Ruete, A., Schickhofer, M., Simovski, B., Stillhard, J., Stojanovic, D., Szwagrzyk, J., Tikkanen, O. P., Toromani, E., Volosyanchuk, R., Vrška, T., Waldherr, M., Yermokhin, M., Zlatanov, T., Zagidullina, A., & Kuemmerle, T. (2021). European primary forest database v2.0. Scientific data, 8(1), 220. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00988-7
Sabatini, Francesco Maria, et al. "European primary forest database v2.0." Scientific data vol. 8,1 (2021): 220. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00988-7
Sabatini FM, Bluhm H, Kun Z, Aksenov D, Atauri JA, Buchwald E, Burrascano S, Cateau E, Diku A, Duarte IM, Fernández López ÁB, Garbarino M, Grigoriadis N, Horváth F, Keren S, Kitenberga M, Kiš A, Kraut A, Ibisch PL, Larrieu L, Lombardi F, Matovic B, Melu RN, Meyer P, Midteng R, Mikac S, Mikoláš M, Mozgeris G, Panayotov M, Pisek R, Nunes L, Ruete A, Schickhofer M, Simovski B, Stillhard J, Stojanovic D, Szwagrzyk J, Tikkanen OP, Toromani E, Volosyanchuk R, Vrška T, Waldherr M, Yermokhin M, Zlatanov T, Zagidullina A, Kuemmerle T. European primary forest database v2.0. Sci Data. 2021 Aug 17;8(1):220. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00988-7. PMID: 34404811; PMCID: PMC8371020.
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Sci Data. 2021 Aug 17;8(1):220. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00988-7.

European primary forest database v2.0.

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Francesco Maria Sabatini, Hendrik Bluhm, Zoltan Kun, Dmitry Aksenov, José A Atauri, Erik Buchwald, Sabina Burrascano, Eugénie Cateau, Abdulla Diku, Inês Marques Duarte, Ángel B Fernández López, Matteo Garbarino, Nikolaos Grigoriadis, Ferenc Horváth, Srđan Keren, Mara Kitenberga, Alen Kiš, Ann Kraut, Pierre L Ibisch, Laurent Larrieu, Fabio Lombardi, Bratislav Matovic, Radu Nicolae Melu, Peter Meyer, Rein Midteng, Stjepan Mikac, Martin Mikoláš, Gintautas Mozgeris, Momchil Panayotov, Rok Pisek, Leónia Nunes, Alejandro Ruete, Matthias Schickhofer, Bojan Simovski, Jonas Stillhard, Dejan Stojanovic, Jerzy Szwagrzyk, Olli-Pekka Tikkanen, Elvin Toromani, Roman Volosyanchuk, Tomáš Vrška, Marcus Waldherr, Maxim Yermokhin, Tzvetan Zlatanov, Asiya Zagidullina, Tobias Kuemmerle

Affiliations

  1. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) - Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. [email protected].
  2. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Institut für Biologie, Am Kirchtor 1, 06108, Halle, Germany. [email protected].
  3. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geography Department, Unter den Linden 6, 10099, Berlin, Germany.
  4. Frankfurt Zoological Society, Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1, 60316, Frankfurt, Germany.
  5. NGO "Transparent World", Rossolimo str. 5/22, building 1, 119021, Moscow, Russia.
  6. EUROPARC-Spain/Fundación Fernando González Bernáldez. ICEI Edificio A. Campus de Somosaguas, E28224, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain.
  7. The Danish Nature Agency, Gjøddinggård, Førstballevej 2, DK-7183, Randbøl, Denmark.
  8. Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Environmental Biology, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
  9. Réserves Naturelles de France, La Bourdonnerie, Dijon cedex, 21000, France.
  10. PSEDA-ILIRIA. Forestry department, Tirana, 1000, Albania.
  11. Centre for Applied Ecology "Professor Baeta Neves" (CEABN), InBIO, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisbon, Portugal.
  12. Parque Nacional de Garajonay. Avda. V Centenario, edif. Las Creces, local 1, portal 3, 38800 San Sebastian de La Gomera, Tenerife, Spain.
  13. University of Torino, Department DISAFA L.go Paolo Braccini 2, Grugliasco, 10095, Italy.
  14. Forest Research Institute, Vassilika, 57006, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  15. Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Alkotmány u. 2-4., 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary.
  16. Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, aleja 29-Listopada 46, 31-415, Krakow, Poland.
  17. Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava", Rigas street 111, Salaspils, LV-2169, Latvia.
  18. Institute for Nature Conservation of Vojvodina Province, Radni?ka 20a, Novi Sad, 21000, Serbia.
  19. University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Vanemuise 46, EE-51014, Tartu, Estonia.
  20. Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management, Faculty of Forest and Environment, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Alfred-Möller-Str. 1, 16225, Eberswalde, Germany.
  21. Université de Toulouse, INRAE, UMR DYNAFOR, 24 Chemin de Borde-Rouge Auzeville CS 52627, Castanet-Tolosan, 31326, France.
  22. CRPF-Occitanie, antenne de Tarbes, place du foirail, 65000, Tarbes, France.
  23. Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Agraria Department, Loc. Feo di Vito, 89122, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
  24. University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, Antona Cehova 13d, Novi Sad, 21102, Serbia.
  25. World Wide Fund for nature (CEE), Lunga street 190, Brasov, 500051, Romania.
  26. Northwest German Forest Research Institute, Department Forest Nature Conservation, Professor-Oelkers-Straße 6, 34346. Hann, Münden, Germany.
  27. Asplan Viak A.S.Kjörboveien 20, postboks 24, N-1300, Sandvika, Norway.
  28. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry, Svetosimunska cesta 25, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
  29. Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Kamýcka cesta 1176, CZ-16521, Praha6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
  30. PRALES, Odtrnovie 563, SK-01322, Rosina, Slovakia.
  31. Vytautas Magnus University, K. Donelai?io g. 58, LT-44248, Kaunas, Lithuania.
  32. University of Forestry, Dendrology Department, bulevard "Sveti Kliment Ohridski" 10, 1756, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  33. Slovenia Forest Service, Department for forest management planning, Vecna pot 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  34. Centre for Applied Ecology "Professor Baeta Neves" (CEABN), InBIO, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017, Lisbon, Portugal.
  35. Greensway AB, Ulls väg 24A. 756 51, Uppsala, Sweden.
  36. Freelance forest expert and book author, Vienna, Austria.
  37. Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Hans Em Faculty of Forest Sciences, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering, Department of Botany and Dendrology, P.O. Box 235, MK-1000, Skopje, North Macedonia.
  38. Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Resources and Management, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
  39. University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, Antona Cehova 13d, Novi Sad, 21000, Serbia.
  40. Department of Forest Biodiversity, University of Agriculture, Kraków, Poland.
  41. University of Eastern Finland, School of forest Sciences, Yliopistokatu 7, 80100, Joensuu, Finland.
  42. Agricultural University of Tirana, Forestry Department, Kodër Kamëz, SH1, 1029, Tirana, Albania.
  43. World Wide Fund for nature (DCP) Ukraine, Mushaka 48, Lviv, 79011, Ukraine.
  44. Ecosphera NGO, Kapushans'ka 82a, Uzhhorod, 88000, Ukraine.
  45. Silva Tarouca Research Institute, Department of Forest Ecology, Lidická 25/27, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
  46. Institute of Experimental Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Laboratory of Productivity & Stability of Plant Communities, 220072, Academicheskaya St. 27, Minsk, Belarus.
  47. Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  48. Saint-Petersburg State University, Department of Vegetation Science, University Embankment, 7/9, St Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
  49. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geography Department & Integrative Research Institute on Transformation in Human-Environment Systems, Unter den Linden 6, 10099, Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 34404811 PMCID: PMC8371020 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00988-7

Abstract

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.

© 2021. The Author(s).

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