
Figure 1.
Scheme for a systematic literature review

Figure 2.
Classification of the ecosystem services mentioned in the articles into the three groups of provisioning, regulating and cultural services
Table 1.
Summary of research between the groups of ecosystem services identified in the publications analysed
| Ecosystem services | Cultural | Provisioning | Regulating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Provisioning | 12 | 27 | 72 |
| Regulating | 7 | 24 | 45 |
| Sum | 20 | 53 | 130 |
Table 2.
Summary of the relationships between the groups of ecosystem services identified in the publications analysed
| Ecosystem services | Cultural | Provisioning | Regulating | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trade off | synergy | trade off | synergy | trade off | synergy | |
| Cultural | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Provisioning | 11 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 79 | 42 |
| Regulating | 1 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 35 | 18 |
| Sum | 12 | 17 | 49 | 25 | 114 | 73 |
Table 3.
Summary of the relationship between non-timber products and timber production in the publications analysed
| ES „A: | ES „B” | Study area | Age of stand | Species composition | Time scale | Spatial scale | Relationship between ecosystem services | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trade off | synergy | ||||||||
| Timber production | Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. | Finland | different | Pinus L., Picea A. Dietr. | 2001–2012 | whole country | x | x | Turtiainen et al. 2013 |
| Biomass (Pinus L.) | Vaccinium myrtillus L. | Sweden | different | Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L., Betula L., Fagus sylvatica L. | 400,000 km2 | x | Gamfeldt et al. 2013 | ||
| Amount of game meat (humting) | Vaccinium myrtillus L. | x | |||||||
| Biomass | Vaccinium myrtillus L. | x | |||||||
| Potential amount of game meat | biomass | x | |||||||
| Timber production | beekeeping | Spain | n/d | mediterranean shrubs and trees species andalmonds | n/d | 1 km × 1 km | bundle | García-Nieto et al. 2013 | |
| Production of feed for wild ungulates | timber production | USA | Pinus L. | x | Stokely’ego et al. 2021 | ||||
| Biodiversity and non-wood production | timber production | Finland | n/d | different stands | n/d | 48,770 ha | Eyvindsona et al. 2018 | ||
| Timber production | Vaccinium myrtillus L. | x | |||||||
| Timber production | milk production | Germany/Netherlands | 241/219 km2 | x | Hölting et al. 2020 | ||||
| Timber production | Resin | x | |||||||
| Timber production | Vaccinium myrtillus L., Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. | x | Kurttila et al. 2018 | ||||||
| Thinning | lichens, Vaccinium myrtillus L. | Sweden | n/d | Pinus L. | n/d | 117 field plots | x | Strengbom 2017 | |
| Timber production | Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. | Finland | 18 forest stands (app. 3 ha each) | x | Granata et al. 2018 | ||||
| Timber production | Vaccinium myrtillus L. | x | |||||||
Table 4.
Summary of the relationship between biodiversity and timber production in the publications analysed
| ES „A” | ES „B” | Study area | Age of stand | Species composition | Time scale | Spatial scale | Relationship between ecosystem services | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trade off | synergy | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Timber production | biodiversity | Czech Republic (simulation) | 30 years | Quercus L., beech | 60 years | 332 ha | x | Sedmák et al. 2020 | |
| Europe (Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Finland) | different | different | n/d | NFI plots – extrapolating | x | van der Plas et al. 2017 | |||
| Central Europe | 0 | beech, Picea A. Dietr. | 120 years | stands | x | Duncker et al. 2012 | |||
| USA | different | Acer saccharum, Fagus grandifolia | 100 years | 533 randomly located site | x | x | Schwenk et al. 2012 | ||
| Tsuga canadensis, Betula alleghaniensis | |||||||||
| Norway | n/d | coniferous and boreal deciduous forest | n/d | landscape level | x | Schroter et al., 2014 | |||
| Austria | n/d | Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris | 100 | private forests, 248.7 ha | x | x | Seidl et al. 2007 | ||
| Europe | n/d | n/d | 2010–2030 | n/d | x | Verkerk et al. 2014 | |||
| Europe (20 case studies located in Bulgaria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden) | n/d | depends on country | 30 years | 600–1,000,000 ha | x | x | Biber et al. 2015 | ||
| Lithuania, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, Italy, Portugal | n/d | different stands | 2050 or 2100 | 15–3734 ha | Biber et al. 2020 | ||||
| Sweden, Portugal | n/d | x | Biber et al. 2020 | ||||||
| Turkey | n/d | x | Biber et al. 2020 | ||||||
| Timber production | biodiversity | Spain | n/d | Pinus nigra Arn. subsp. Salzman-nii, Pinus sylvestris L. | 2001–2100 | ca. 40000 ha | x | Morán-Ordóñez et al. 2020 | |
| Switzerland | n/d | Different stands | 2013–2106 | NFI plots | x | Blatertt et al. 2020 | |||
| Finland | n/d | Pinus L., Picea A. Dietr., Betula L. | 50 years | 68700 ha | x | Triviño et al. 2016 | |||
| Finland | n/d | different stands | n/d | 48,770 ha | x | Eyvindson et al. 2018 | |||
| Sweden | n/d | Pinus L. | n/d | 117 field plots | x | Strengbom 2017 | |||
| Switzerland | mature stand | Fagus sylvatica L., Picea A. Dietr. | 2016–2101 | Forest subcompartment | x | Mey et al. 2022 | |||
| Biodiversity | timber production (expected) | USA | Pinus L. | x | Stokely’ego et al. 2021 | ||||
| Fuelwood production | biodiversity | Sweden | n/d | Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, Betula spp. | 2106 | NFI plots | x | Blatertt et al. 2020 | |
| Finland, Slovenia | n/d | n/d | n/d | Survey | x | Peters et al. 2015 | |||
| Germany, Norway, Spain | n/d | n/d | n/d | Survey | x | x | Peters et al. 2015 | ||
| Fuelwood production | dead wood | Sweden | different | Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L., Betula L., Fagus sylvatica L. | 400 000 km2 | x | Gamfeldt et al. 2013 | ||
Table 5.
Summary of the relationship between carbon storage and timber production in the publications analysed
| ES „A” | ES „B” | Study area | Age of stand | Species composition | Time scale | Spatial scale | Relationship between ecosystem services | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trade off | synergy | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Carbon storage | fuelwood production | Finland | n/d | Picea A. Dietr. | 2012–2100 | 1425 km2 | x | Akujärvi et al. 2021. | |
| Finland, Germany, Norway, Slovenia, Spain | n/d | n/d | n/d | survey | x | x | Peters et al. 2015 | ||
| Carbon storage | timber production | Sweden | 70 | Picea A. Dietr. | 2100 | virtual forest stand | x | Zanchi, Brady 2019 | |
| Sweden | n/d | Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, Betula spp. | 2106 | NFI plots | x | Blatertt et al. 2020 | |||
| Germany | n/d | Picea A. Dietr., Pine, Beech, Quercus L., Betula L., Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco | 14 simulations of future climate (2011–2045) plus five simulations of historical climate (1971–2005) | 10.37 million hectares | x | Gutsch et al. 2018 | |||
| Central Europe | n/d | Fagus sylvatica L., Picea A. Dietr. | 120 years | Stands | x | Duncker et al. 2012 | |||
| USA | different | Acer saccharum, Fagus grandifolia, Tsuga canadensis, Betula alleghaniensis | 100 years | 533 randomly located site | x | Schwenk et al. 2012 | |||
| Austria | n/d | Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris | 100 | Private forests, 248.7 ha | x | Seidl et al. 2007 | |||
| Europe (exc. North Europe) | n/d | n/d | 2010–2030 | n/d | x | Verkerk et al. 2014 | |||
| Germany | n/d | Pinus L., Picea A. Dietr. | 100 years | 2 study areas: 78,000ha, 53,000 ha | x | Schwaiger et al.. 2019. | |||
| Lithuania, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Portugal, Turkey | n/d | different stands | 2050 or 2100 | 15–3734 ha | x | Biber et al. 2020 | |||
| Spain | n/d | Pinus L. | 2016–2100 climate model | 40,000 | x | Morán-OrdóĖez et al. 2020 | |||
| Carbon storage | timber production | Sweden | n/d | Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, Betula spp. | n/d | NFI plots | x | Blatertt et al. 2020 | |
| Finland | n/d | different stands | n/d | 48770 ha | x | Eyvindson et al. 2018 | |||
| Switzerland | Pole or Mature stands | Fagus sylvatica L., Picea A. Dietr. | 2016–2101 | forest subcompartment | x | Mey et al. 2022 | |||
| Italy | 50 | conifer stand | 210 years | subcompartment | x | Sacchelli 2018 | |||
| Fuelwood production | carbon sequestration in soil | Sweden | different | Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L., Betula L., Fagus sylvatica L. | 400 000 km2 | x | Gamfeldt et al. 2013 | ||
| Carbon storage | timber production | USA | Pinus L. | x | Stokely’ego et al. 2021 | ||||
Table 6.
Summary of the relationship between regulating and cultural ecosystem services in the publications analysed
| ES „A” | ES „B” | Study area | Age of stand | Species composition | Time scale | Spatial scale | Relationship between ecosystem services | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trade off | synergy | ||||||||
| Spiritual and religious values | biodiversity | Europe | n/d | n/d | n/d | n/d | x | Motiejūnaitė et al. 2019 | |
| Socioeconomic functions | biodiversity | Europe (20 case studies located in Bulgaria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakiaand Sweden) | n/d | depends on country | 30 years | 600–1,000,000 ha | weak (region-specific) | weak (region-specific) | Biber et al. 2015 |
| Culturally interesting plants | temperature regulation, carbon storage, nitrification potential | Germany | 53 forest type | dominating forest types in Central Europe | n/d | 150 forest plots of 100 m × 100 m / NFI to predict | x | Simons et al. 2021 | |
| Recreation | carbon sequestration | Italy (mountain forests) | n/d | Picea abies, Larix decidua Mill, Pinus sylvestris L., Fagus sylvatica L. | n/d | n/d | x | Häyhä et al. 2015 | |
| Biodiversity | recreation | Europe (exc. North Europe) | n/d | n/d | 2010–2030 | n/d | x | Verkerk et al. 2014 | |
| Regulating ES | recreation | Europe (exc. North Europe) | n/d | n/d | 2010–2030 | n/d | x | Verkerk et al. 2014 | |
| Recreation/aestheti values | carbon storage/biodiversity | Denmark | n/d | n/d | n/d | n/d | x | Sántha, Bentsen, 2020 | |