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The Effects of Natural Disturbance on Plant Communities in Temperate Ecosystems

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Biodiversity, Temperate Ecosystems, and Global Change

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The purpose of this meeting is to consider the research required to predict potential shifts in ecological systems and their functioning as a result of predicted climatic changes. The rates of change predicted are a global surface warming of about 0.3°C per decade with a variation of about the same amount (Houghton et al. 1992). Regional effects remain speculative at the scales of resolution yet possible, while there are no clear indications about the impact of climate change on storm occurrence, general cloudiness or extremes of climatic variation.

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  1. School of Forestry Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JU, UK

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Malcolm, D.C. (1994). The Effects of Natural Disturbance on Plant Communities in Temperate Ecosystems. In: Boyle, T.J.B., Boyle, C.E.B. (eds) Biodiversity, Temperate Ecosystems, and Global Change. NATO ASI Series, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78972-4_12

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