Potential impacts of climate change on a mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest stand: A gap model approach

@article{207, abstract = {A gap-typed forest dynamic model KOPIDE was used to assess the dynamic responses of a mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest stand to climate change in northeastern China. The GFDL climate change scenario was applied to derive the changes in environmental variables, such as 10 degrees C based DEGD and PET/P, which were used to implement the model. The simulation result suggests that the climate change would cause important changes in stand structure. Korean pine, the dominant species in the area under current climate conditions, would disappear under the GFDL equilibrium scenario. Oak and elm would become the dominant species replacing Korean pine, ash and basswood. Such a potential change in forest structure would require different strategies for forest management in northeastern China}, author = {Shao, G. F. }, citeulike-article-id = {1309824}, journal = {Climatic Change}, keywords = {china, climate, climate\_change, fif, forest, forest\_management, gap\_model, impacts, model, oak, pine, potential\_impacts, responses, simulation, stand, stand\_structure}, pages = {263--268}, posted-at = {2007-05-19 23:34:39}, priority = {2}, title = {Potential impacts of climate change on a mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest stand: A gap model approach}, volume = {34}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - 207 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1309824 TI - Potential impacts of climate change on a mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest stand: A gap model approach JF - Climatic Change VL - 34 SP - 263 EP - 268 N2 - A gap-typed forest dynamic model KOPIDE was used to assess the dynamic responses of a mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest stand to climate change in northeastern China. The GFDL climate change scenario was applied to derive the changes in environmental variables, such as 10 degrees C based DEGD and PET/P, which were used to implement the model. The simulation result suggests that the climate change would cause important changes in stand structure. Korean pine, the dominant species in the area under current climate conditions, would disappear under the GFDL equilibrium scenario. Oak and elm would become the dominant species replacing Korean pine, ash and basswood. Such a potential change in forest structure would require different strategies for forest management in northeastern China KW - china KW - climate KW - climate_change KW - fif KW - forest KW - forest_management KW - gap_model KW - impacts KW - model KW - oak KW - pine KW - potential_impacts KW - responses KW - simulation KW - stand KW - stand_structure AU - Shao, GF PY - 1996/// ER -