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dc.contributor.author | Starke, A.P. (Allister)![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Geldenhuys, Coert Johannes![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | O'Connor, T.G.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Everson, Colin Stuart![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-12T09:29:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.description.abstract | Tree species providing non-timber forest products (NTFPs) have the potential to enhance the socio-economic value of forestry plantation systems and mitigate biodiversity loss associated with production landscapes in Southern Africa. This can be accomplished by integrating NTFP agroforestry systems with forestry plantation systems but raises questions around which species and products are suited to the different environments that exist within large plantation systems or plantation landscapes. These questions can be answered by assessing the NTFP and agroforestry system (AFS) value of native species that form part of secondary vegetation within forestry plantations by shedding light on the disturbance regimes and environmental conditions that NTFP species prefer. This study assessed the NTFP value of secondary vegetation growing within abandoned clear-felled and abandoned unharvested forestry compartments. It addressed differences between the NTFP value of secondary vegetation and natural forest while providing options for how native species could be integrated into a forestry plantation system using agroforestry. We found that secondary vegetation growing in abandoned compartments provided roughly two-thirds of the NTFP uses provided by natural forest. The state of the compartment at the time of abandonment influenced which NTFPs were available. Secondary woodland developing in clear-felled compartments contained NTFPs which were associated with fire-adapted woodland species (e.g. fruit and oils from Marula trees). Naturalising forest in unfelled plantation compartments contained a composition of NTFPs associated with the provision of wood products. Our results show that native vegetation growing as secondary vegetation in forestry plantation systems has the potential to guide the development of native species agro-forestry systems and, in general, can contribute to a more formalised approach for integrating NTFP supply in forestry plantation systems. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Plant Production and Soil Science | en_US |
dc.description.embargo | 2024-12-14 | |
dc.description.librarian | hj2024 | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | SDG-15:Life on land | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The Water Research Commission (WRC) of South Africa and the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA). | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tsfs20 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | A.P. Starke, C.J. Geldenhuys, T.G. O’Connor & C.S. Everson (2023) Secondary vegetation provides a reservoir of non-timber forest products and agroforestry service options for forestry plantation systems, Maputaland, South Africa, Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science, 85:3-4, 162-173, DOI: 10.2989/20702620.2023.2257663. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2070-2620 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2070-2639 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.2989/20702620.2023.2257663 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97554 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group) | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2023 NISC (Pty) Ltd. This is an electronic version of an article published in Southern Forests, vol. , no. , pp. , 2023. doi : . Southern Forests is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/tsfs20 [12 months embargo] | en_US |
dc.subject | Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) | en_US |
dc.subject | Agroforestry tree products | en_US |
dc.subject | Human-modified landscapes | en_US |
dc.subject | Managed natural regeneration | en_US |
dc.subject | Multipurpose trees | en_US |
dc.subject | Plantation ecosystem services | en_US |
dc.subject | SDG-15: Life on land | en_US |
dc.title | Secondary vegetation provides a reservoir of non-timber forest products and agroforestry service options for forestry plantation systems, Maputaland, South Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_US |