Will forest dynamics continue to accelerate throughout the 21st century in the Northern Alps?

© 2022 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Global change biology. - 1999. - 28(2022), 10 vom: 28. Mai, Seite 3260-3274
1. Verfasser: Thom, Dominik (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Rammer, Werner, Laux, Patrick, Smiatek, Gerhard, Kunstmann, Harald, Seibold, Sebastian, Seidl, Rupert
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2022
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Global change biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article disturbance forest change forest development forest structure iLand scenario uncertainty tree species composition
LEADER 01000naa a22002652 4500
001 NLM337027919
003 DE-627
005 20231225233500.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 231225s2022 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1111/gcb.16133  |2 doi 
028 5 2 |a pubmed24n1123.xml 
035 |a (DE-627)NLM337027919 
035 |a (NLM)35170829 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rakwb 
041 |a eng 
100 1 |a Thom, Dominik  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Will forest dynamics continue to accelerate throughout the 21st century in the Northern Alps? 
264 1 |c 2022 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a ƒaComputermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a ƒa Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
500 |a Date Completed 15.04.2022 
500 |a Date Revised 14.05.2022 
500 |a published: Print-Electronic 
500 |a Citation Status MEDLINE 
520 |a © 2022 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 
520 |a Observational evidence suggests that forests in the Northern Alps are changing at an increasing rate as a consequence of climate change. Yet, it remains unclear whether the acceleration of forest change will continue in the future, or whether downregulating feedbacks will eventually decouple forest dynamics from climate change. Here we studied future forest dynamics at Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany by means of a process-based forest landscape model, simulating an ensemble of 22 climate projections until the end of the 21st century. Our objectives were (i) to assess whether the observed acceleration of forest dynamics will continue in the future, (ii) to analyze how uncertainty in future climate translates to variation in future forest disturbance, structure, and composition, and (iii) to determine the main drivers of future forest dynamics. We found that forest dynamics continue to accelerate in the coming decades, with a trend towards denser, structurally more complex and more species rich forests. However, changes in forest structure leveled off in the second half of the 21st century regardless of climate scenario. In contrast, climate scenarios caused trajectories of tree species change to diverge in the second half of the 21st century, with stabilization under RCP 2.6 and RCP 4.5 scenarios and accelerated loss of conifers under RCP 8.5. Disturbance projections were 3 to 20 times more variable than future climate, whereas projected future forest structure and composition varied considerably less than climate. Indirect effects of climate change via alterations of the disturbance regime had a stronger impact on future forest dynamics than direct effects. Our findings suggest that dampening feedbacks within forest dynamics will decelerate forest change in the second half of the 21st century. However, warming beyond the levels projected under RCP 4.5 might profoundly alter future forest disturbance and composition, challenging conservation efforts and ecosystem service supply 
650 4 |a Journal Article 
650 4 |a disturbance 
650 4 |a forest change 
650 4 |a forest development 
650 4 |a forest structure 
650 4 |a iLand 
650 4 |a scenario uncertainty 
650 4 |a tree species composition 
700 1 |a Rammer, Werner  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Laux, Patrick  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Smiatek, Gerhard  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Kunstmann, Harald  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Seibold, Sebastian  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Seidl, Rupert  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Global change biology  |d 1999  |g 28(2022), 10 vom: 28. Mai, Seite 3260-3274  |w (DE-627)NLM098239996  |x 1365-2486  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:28  |g year:2022  |g number:10  |g day:28  |g month:05  |g pages:3260-3274 
856 4 0 |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16133  |3 Volltext 
912 |a GBV_USEFLAG_A 
912 |a SYSFLAG_A 
912 |a GBV_NLM 
912 |a GBV_ILN_350 
951 |a AR 
952 |d 28  |j 2022  |e 10  |b 28  |c 05  |h 3260-3274