Natural disturbances are largely suppressed in Central European landscapes due to economic and human safety concerns. European goals to increase the extent of secondary wilderness areas have the potential to support the restoration of threatened habitats associated with natural disturbances. Germany is among the Central European countries with the most advanced wilderness goals. This study aimed to investigate whether habitat types shaped by natural disturbances are mostly red-listed as threatened and require special consideration within systematic conservation planning (SCP). First, we reviewed literature and the German Red List of Threatened Habitat Types to identify the conservation status of habitat types associated with three natural abiotic disturbance types in Germany: floods, forest fires and landslides. Second, we mapped the potential area coverage of these disturbance types and identified gaps in the current network of strictly protected areas (PA) to inform SCP. Fifty-two per cent of the habitat types associated with the three disturbance types floods, forest fires and landslides were listed as “critically endangered” (n = 1) or “endangered to critically endangered” (n = 9). The potential area for river dynamics accounted for 4.3% of German terrestrial territory, areas potentially subject to forest fires accounted for 0.9% and areas with a very high susceptibility to landslides for 1.1%. Areas potentially subject to forest fires (0.15% strict PA coverage) and river dynamics (0.81%) were underrepresented in German National Parks and the core zones of Biosphere Reserve, whereas strict PA coverage of areas with a very high susceptibility to landslides was higher (6.8%). European and German wilderness goals can support the restoration of threatened habitat types associated with natural disturbances if spatial information on those areas is integrated into SCP concepts. Yet, sophisticated management regimes will be required to resolve conflicts between wilderness areas subject to natural disturbances and the surrounding cultural landscape and infrastructure.

由于经济和人类安全的考虑，中欧地区的自然干扰得到了很大程度的抑制。欧洲增加次生荒野地区范围的目标有可能支持恢复与自然干扰有关的受威胁生境。德国是中野目标最先进的中欧国家之一。这项研究旨在调查受自然干扰影响的栖息地类型是否大部分被列为受威胁物种，并且需要在系统保护规划（SCP）中进行特殊考虑。首先，我们回顾了文献和《德国濒危栖息地类型红色名录》，确定了与德国三种自然非生物干扰类型相关的栖息地类型的保护状况：洪水，森林火灾和滑坡。第二，我们绘制了这些干扰类型的潜在区域覆盖范围，并确定了当前严格保护区（PA）网络中的差距，以告知SCP。与三种干扰类型的洪水，森林火灾和滑坡相关的栖息地类型中有52％被列为“极度濒危”（n = 1）或“极度濒危”（n = 9）。潜在的河流动力学区域占德国陆地领土的4.3％，可能遭受森林大火的区域占0.9％，对滑坡的敏感性很高的区域占1.1％。在德国国家公园和生物圈保护区的核心区域，森林火灾（严格的PA覆盖率0.15％）和河流动态（0.81％）的潜在代表性不足，而对滑坡敏感性很高的地区，严格的PA覆盖率更高（6.8％）。如果将欧洲和德国的荒野目标的空间信息整合到SCP概念中，它们可以支持恢复与自然干扰相关的受威胁栖息地类型。然而，将需要复杂的管理制度来解决受自然干扰的荒野地区与周围文化景观和基础设施之间的冲突。