Climate Change impacts on forest ecosystems ? what are the consequences for the Swiss forests and their management?
Event details
| Date | 19.04.2010 |
| Hour | 16:15 |
| Speaker | Rigling, Andy (WSL) |
| Location |
GR B3 30
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Climate change may effect the productivity, the biogeochemical cycling and the availability of water resources of forest ecosystems with consequences on their species composition, stand stability and as a consequence on their functionality. Depending on the tree species, their growing phase and the site conditions climate change might stimulate or limit growth and functioning of the forests. Hence it is important to distinguish between vulnerable and robust forest ecosystems. This seminar will give an overview on possible consequences of direct (heat, drought, storms) and indirect effects of climate change (fire, insects, pathogens, stand competition) on forest ecosystems with a special focus on the Swiss forests. Based on climate scenarios possible bottlenecks of future forest development will be evaluated and consequences for forest goods and services and subsequent forest management will be discussed.
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- General public
- Free