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Stand-scale climate change impacts on forests over large areas: transient responses and projection uncertainties / NIca Huber in Ecological Applications, vol 31 ([01/02/2021])  

Public [article]  inEcological Applications > vol 31 [01/02/2021] Titre : Stand-scale climate change impacts on forests over large areas: transient responses and projection uncertainties Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : NIca Huber, Auteur ; Harald Bugmann, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] analyse de sensibilité [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] croissance des arbres [Termes IGN] forêt alpestre [Termes IGN] incertitude des données [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier étranger (données) [Termes IGN] modèle de simulation [Termes IGN] modèle dynamique [Termes IGN] modélisation de la forêt [Termes IGN] Suisse [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation et changement climatique Résumé : (auteur) The increasing impacts of climate change on forest ecosystems have triggered multiple model-based impact assessments for the future, which typically focused either on a small number of stand-scale case studies or on large scale analyses (i.e., continental to global). Therefore, substantial uncertainty remains regarding the local impacts over large areas (i.e., regions to countries), which is particularly problematic for forest management. We provide a comprehensive, high-resolution assessment of the climate change sensitivity of managed Swiss forests (~10,000 km2), which cover a wide range of environmental conditions. We used a dynamic vegetation model to project the development of typical forest stands derived from a stratification of the Third National Forest Inventory until the end of the 22nd century. Two types of simulations were conducted: one limited to using the extant local species, the other enabling immigration of potentially more climate-adapted species. Moreover, to assess the robustness of our projections, we quantified and decomposed the uncertainty in model projections resulting from the following sources: (1) climate change scenarios, (2) local site conditions, and (3) the dynamic vegetation model itself (i.e., represented by a set of model versions), an aspect hitherto rarely taken into account. The simulations showed substantial changes in basal area and species composition, with dissimilar sensitivity to climate change across and within elevation zones. Higher-elevation stands generally profited from increased temperature, but soil conditions strongly modulated this response. Low-elevation stands were increasingly subject to drought, with strong negative impacts on forest growth. Furthermore, current stand structure had a strong effect on the simulated response. The admixture of drought-tolerant species was found advisable across all elevations to mitigate future adverse climate-induced effects. The largest uncertainty in model projections was associated with climate change scenarios. Uncertainty induced by the model version was generally largest where overall simulated climate change impacts were small, thus corroborating the utility of the model for making projections into the future. Yet, the large influence of both site conditions and the model version on some of the projections indicates that uncertainty sources other than climate change scenarios need to be considered in climate change impact assessments. Numéro de notice : A2021-312 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1002/eap.2313 Date de publication en ligne : 25/02/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2313 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97811 [article]