Are forest disturbances amplifying or canceling out climate change-induced productivity changes in European forests?

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Reyer, Christopher P O ^a   Bathgate, Stephen ^b   Blennow, Kristina ^c   Borges, Jose G ^d   Bugmann, Harald ^e   Delzon, Sylvain ^f   Faias, Sonia P ^d   Garcia Gonzalo, Jordi ^d,g   Gardiner, Barry ^b,h   Gonzalez Olabarria, Jose Ramon ^g   Gracia, Carlos ^i,j   Hernández, Juan Guerra ^d   Kellomäki, Seppo ^k   Kramer, Koen ^l   Lexer, Manfred J ^m   Lindner, Marcus ⁿ   Van Der Maaten, Ernst ^o   Maroschek, Michael ^m   Muys, Bart ^p,q   Nicoll, Bruce ^b   Palahi, Marc ⁿ   Palma, João H N ^d   Paulo, Joana A ^d   Peltola, Heli ^k   Pukkala, Timo ^k   Rammer, Werner ^m   Ray, Duncan ^b   Sabaté, Santiago ^i,j   Schelhaas, Mart Jan ^l   Seidl, Rupert ^m   Temperli, Christian ^e,r   Tomé, Margarida ^d   Yousefpour, Rasoul ^s   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^e,r   Hanewinkel, Marc ^r,s   more..

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^g CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^h BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^j CREAF   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^l WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

ⁿ EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^p European Forest Institute   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^r SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^s UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Fire; Forest models; Forest productivity disturbances climate change interactions; Insects; Storms; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FIRES; FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; STORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; FOREST DISTURBANCES; FOREST MODELS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; INSECTS; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; RESOURCE COMPETITIONS; TRADE OFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FORESTRY; INSECT; PLANT; STORM; TRADE-OFF;

EUROPE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 85021024065     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa5ef1     Document Type: Article

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