Alternative forest management strategies to account for climate change-induced productivity and species suitability changes in Europe

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1581-1594

  Schelhaas, Mart Jan ^a   Nabuurs, Gert Jan ^a   Hengeveld, Geerten ^a   Reyer, Christopher ^b   Hanewinkel, Marc ^c,e   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^c   Cullmann, Dominik ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d Forstliche Versuchs und Forschungsantalt Baden Württemberg   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive forest management; Climate change; Europe; Large scale forest scenario model; Species shifts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947043653     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0788-z     Document Type: Article

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