Evolution of relict floodplain forest in river stretches of Western and Central Europe as affected by river infrastructure networks.

We studied the impact of infrastructure networks on relict floodplain forest along three stretches of the Upper Rhine (Kembs-Efringen-Kirchen, Strasbourg-Kehl and Beinheim-Iffezheim) and the Inn-Danube (Mulheim-Obernberg, Passau-Ingling and Engelhartszell-Jochenstein), each on the border between two...

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Autores principales:	Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Cybill Staentzel, Grzegorz Skupinski, Anaïs Walch, Manon Pons, Sebastian Weber, Carine Granier, Andreas Huber
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f0b1bc6e126f439bae8ad4b1746afcca2021-12-02T20:14:02ZEvolution of relict floodplain forest in river stretches of Western and Central Europe as affected by river infrastructure networks.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0257593https://doaj.org/article/f0b1bc6e126f439bae8ad4b1746afcca2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257593https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203We studied the impact of infrastructure networks on relict floodplain forest along three stretches of the Upper Rhine (Kembs-Efringen-Kirchen, Strasbourg-Kehl and Beinheim-Iffezheim) and the Inn-Danube (Mulheim-Obernberg, Passau-Ingling and Engelhartszell-Jochenstein), each on the border between two countries. We analysed land use patterns within a 500 m wide buffer area along the main channel using photo-interpretation and compared the situations between the 1950s, 1980's and 2010's. Temporal changes were assessed with transition matrices and selected spatial metrics, including fragmentation indices. Over this period, forest area remained similar at three sites, increased slightly at two sites and decreased at one site. However, on average, 12.5% of floodplain forest had changed location (range: 7.3% (Engelhartszell-Jochenstein)- 26.5% (Kembs-Efringen-Kirchen)). The natural development of unmanaged areas and agricultural abandonment after World War II has led to the emergence of young riparian forests along rivers. In the Upper Rhine region, the results showed asymmetry in these two factors, with unmanaged natural areas most important on the French side and agricultural abandonment on the German side. Along the Inn-Danube, agricultural abandonment has led to an increase or stagnation of floodplain forest areas. In most cases, development of transport infrastructure between the 1950s and 2010s has caused fragmentation of the forest area, reducing the relict forest to a patchy green corridor with reduced functionality and interfacing. To go further and improve the management of these relict forests, we have to investigate the interdependency between practices related to infrastructure operation and the role that biodiversity plays for stakeholders.Jean-Nicolas BeiselCybill StaentzelGrzegorz SkupinskiAnaïs WalchManon PonsSebastian WeberCarine GranierAndreas HuberPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0257593 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Jean-Nicolas Beisel Cybill Staentzel Grzegorz Skupinski Anaïs Walch Manon Pons Sebastian Weber Carine Granier Andreas Huber Evolution of relict floodplain forest in river stretches of Western and Central Europe as affected by river infrastructure networks.
description	We studied the impact of infrastructure networks on relict floodplain forest along three stretches of the Upper Rhine (Kembs-Efringen-Kirchen, Strasbourg-Kehl and Beinheim-Iffezheim) and the Inn-Danube (Mulheim-Obernberg, Passau-Ingling and Engelhartszell-Jochenstein), each on the border between two countries. We analysed land use patterns within a 500 m wide buffer area along the main channel using photo-interpretation and compared the situations between the 1950s, 1980's and 2010's. Temporal changes were assessed with transition matrices and selected spatial metrics, including fragmentation indices. Over this period, forest area remained similar at three sites, increased slightly at two sites and decreased at one site. However, on average, 12.5% of floodplain forest had changed location (range: 7.3% (Engelhartszell-Jochenstein)- 26.5% (Kembs-Efringen-Kirchen)). The natural development of unmanaged areas and agricultural abandonment after World War II has led to the emergence of young riparian forests along rivers. In the Upper Rhine region, the results showed asymmetry in these two factors, with unmanaged natural areas most important on the French side and agricultural abandonment on the German side. Along the Inn-Danube, agricultural abandonment has led to an increase or stagnation of floodplain forest areas. In most cases, development of transport infrastructure between the 1950s and 2010s has caused fragmentation of the forest area, reducing the relict forest to a patchy green corridor with reduced functionality and interfacing. To go further and improve the management of these relict forests, we have to investigate the interdependency between practices related to infrastructure operation and the role that biodiversity plays for stakeholders.
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author	Jean-Nicolas Beisel Cybill Staentzel Grzegorz Skupinski Anaïs Walch Manon Pons Sebastian Weber Carine Granier Andreas Huber
author_facet	Jean-Nicolas Beisel Cybill Staentzel Grzegorz Skupinski Anaïs Walch Manon Pons Sebastian Weber Carine Granier Andreas Huber
author_sort	Jean-Nicolas Beisel
title	Evolution of relict floodplain forest in river stretches of Western and Central Europe as affected by river infrastructure networks.
title_short	Evolution of relict floodplain forest in river stretches of Western and Central Europe as affected by river infrastructure networks.
title_full	Evolution of relict floodplain forest in river stretches of Western and Central Europe as affected by river infrastructure networks.
title_fullStr	Evolution of relict floodplain forest in river stretches of Western and Central Europe as affected by river infrastructure networks.
title_full_unstemmed	Evolution of relict floodplain forest in river stretches of Western and Central Europe as affected by river infrastructure networks.
title_sort	evolution of relict floodplain forest in river stretches of western and central europe as affected by river infrastructure networks.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f0b1bc6e126f439bae8ad4b1746afcca
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Evolution of relict floodplain forest in river stretches of Western and Central Europe as affected by river infrastructure networks.

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