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Título
Past and future of temperate forests state under climate change effects in the Romanian southern Carpathians
Año del Documento
2021
Editorial
MDPI
Descripción
Producción Científica
Documento Fuente
Forests, 2021, vol. 12, n. 7, 885
Abstract
Research Highlights: Carpathian forests hold high ecological and economic value while generating conservation concerns, with some of these forests being among the few remaining temperate virgin forests in Europe. Carpathian forests partially lost their original integrity due to their management. Climate change has also gradually contributed to forest changes due to its modification of the environmental conditions. Background and Objectives: Understanding trees’ responses to past climates and forms of management is critical in foreseeing the responses of forests to future conditions. This study aims (1) to determine the sensitivity of Carpathian forests to past climates using dendrochronological records and (2) to describe the effects that climate change and management will have on the attributes of Carpathian forests, with a particular focus on the different response of pure and mixed forests. Materials and Methods: To this end, we first analysed the past climate-induced growth change in a dendrochronological reference series generated for virgin forests in the Romanian Curvature Carpathians and then used the obtained information to calibrate spatially explicit forest Landis-II models for the same region. The model was used to project forest change under four climate change scenarios, from mild to extreme. Results: The dendrochronological analysis revealed a climate-driven increase in forest growth over time. Landis-II model simulations also indicate that the amount of aboveground forest biomass will tend to increase with climate change. Conclusions: There are differences in the response of pure and mixed forests. Therefore, suitable forest management is required when forests change with the climate.
Materias Unesco
3106.08 Silvicultura
Palabras Clave
Temperate forests
Climate change effects
Southern Carpathian forest management
Forest growth
Forest biomass
Virgin forests
ISSN
1999-4907
Revisión por pares
SI
Patrocinador
This research was funded by the BIOSERV Programme, Project IDs PN19070103, PN19070102 and EO-ROFORMON project, ID P_37_651/SMIS 105058.
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