Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 261 Seiten)
ISBN:
9789047433477
Series Statement:
European Forest Institute research report volume 21
Content:
Preliminary Material /H. Kahle -- 1. Introduction /H. Kahle -- 2. Material And Methods For The Correlative Approach /H. Kahle -- 3. Material And Methods For The Modelling Approach /H. Kahle -- 4. Results /H. Kahle -- 5. Combined Approach /H. Kahle -- 6. Conclusions /H. Kahle.
Content:
Forest growth in Europe has been increasing during the last decades. The possible causes suggested to explain this have been increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, improved temperature and precipitation climate, increasing nitrogen deposition and better management. In this book complementary approaches are used to discriminate between the importance of each of these factors. Investigations over large geographical areas are used to separate current variability while detailed studies of the growth of individual trees allow historical trends to be evaluated. Four different mechanistic forest ecosystem models supplement the empirical investigations. The major cause of the observed growth increase is attributed to the increased nitrogen availability. In future, direct temperature effects and increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration are likely to become important determinants of forest growth. Anyone interested in the future of production and health of Europe's forests should benefit form this extensive analysis of the current status and projections of forest growth
Note:
"Results of the RECOGNITION project."
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Includes bibliographical references
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004167056
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Causes and Consequences of Forest Growth Trends in Europe: Results of the Recognition Project Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2008 ISBN 9789004167056
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Causes and consequences of forest growth trends in Europe Leiden : Brill, 2008 ISBN 9789004167056
Language:
English
Subjects:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science
Keywords:
Europa
;
Forstwirtschaft
;
Zuwachs
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004167056.i-261
Author information:
Kahle, Hans-Peter 1961-
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