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Discussion article
Francisco X. Aguilar,
Marie Lautrup,
Dohun Kim,
Ane C. Tangen,
Aapo Rautiainen,
Huntley Brownell,
Lucas N. López,
Andrew D. H. Stratton,
Sebastian Glasenapp,
Silvia M. Korth,
Hanne K. Sjølie,
Jette Bredahl Jacobsen.
(2024).
Inherently spatial: data and analytical insights for the identification of forest socio-ecological hotspots.
Silva Fennica
vol.
58
no.
5
article id 24053.
https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.24053
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We draw insights regarding intricacies with spatially explicit data and analyses when studying the vulnerability of forest socio-ecological systems to disruptive abiotic and biotic factors. Common issues associated with data include location precision, spatial delimitation, methodological comparability, and measurement consistency. Spatial data analyses are challenged by issues of interpolation and extrapolation, inferences using data at different spatial scales, and assessment of disruption impacts at detectable spatial scales. The inextricable empirical nature of spatial data and analyses requires carefully conducting and disclosing the sensitivity of findings, and including robustness tests to openly inform decision-makers on issues of uncertainty associated with possible interventions. These considerations might be central to identifying forest socio-ecological hotspots as forest-dominated geographic areas encompassing social and ecological systems vulnerable to disruptions caused by abiotic and biotic factors, but where risks to human wellbeing may be considerably reduced through adaptive interventions.
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Aguilar,
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Forest Economics, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0226-4467
E-mail:
francisco.aguilar@slu.se
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Lautrup,
University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
E-mail:
ml@ifro.ku.dk
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Kim,
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Forest Economics, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1919-3346
E-mail:
dohun.kim@slu.se
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Tangen,
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, P.O. Box 2400, Koppang, Norway
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3145-8159
E-mail:
ane.tange@inn.no
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Rautiainen,
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Bioeconomy and environment, Latokartanonkaari 9, FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland
E-mail:
aapo.rautiainen@luke.fi
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Brownell,
University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Forest and Bioresources, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3798-8783
E-mail:
hb@ign.ku.dk
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López,
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 2400, Koppang, Norway
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6860-3408
E-mail:
lucas.lopez@inn.no
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Stratton,
University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6566-2043
E-mail:
adhs@ifro.ku.dk
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Glasenapp,
Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Institute of Forestry, Leuschnerstraße 91, 21031 Hamburg-Bergedorf, Germany
E-mail:
sebastian.glasenapp@thuenen.de
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Korth,
Universidad Nacional de Misiones Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Bertoni 124, Eldorado 3380, Argentina
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3261-8234
E-mail:
silviakorth@hotmail.com
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Sjølie,
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 2400, Koppang, Norway
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8099-3521
E-mail:
hanne.sjolie@inn.no
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Bredahl Jacobsen,
University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1313-6228
E-mail:
jbj@ifro.ku.dk