Abstract
European forests play a significant role in the global carbon cycle. At present the difference between growth and harvest of the whole tree biomass is 100 Tg C yr−1. Their future role is, however, uncertain because a large proportion of the forests is maturing and the effects of climate change are uncertain at the European scale. By utilising scattered knowledge on the effects of climate change from experiments, process based models, and gap-type models, and bringing that information into a large scale forestry scenario model for European forests, a suitable methodology for upscaling can be developed. Then, the future carbon balance of European forests under climate change can be assessed. This paper describes the kind of information which may be derived from plot level models and the methodology for incorporating of the effects of climate change at the European level.
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Karjalainen, T., Nabuurs, GJ., Kellomäki, S. (1997). Carbon Sequestration in the Forest Sector under Climate Change: Upscaling from the Plot Level to the European Forests Level. In: Mohren, G.M.J., Kramer, K., Sabaté, S. (eds) Impacts of Global Change on Tree Physiology and Forest Ecosystems. Forestry Sciences, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8949-9_46
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