Assessing potential impacts of climatic change on subalpine forests on the eastern Tibetan Plateau
Forest gap models have been used widely in the study of forest dynamics, including predicting long-term succession patterns and assessing the potential impacts of climate change on forest structure and composition. However, little effort is devoted to predict forest dynamics in the high elevation ar...
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ftchinacadscimhe:oai:ir.imde.ac.cn:131551/5488 2023-05-15T18:40:33+02:00 Assessing potential impacts of climatic change on subalpine forests on the eastern Tibetan Plateau Wang Xiaodan Cheng Genwei Zhong Xianghao 2011 http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/5488 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-010-0008-2 英语 eng CLIMATIC CHANGE Wang Xiaodan,Cheng Genwei,Zhong Xianghao. Assessing potential impacts of climatic change on subalpine forests on the eastern Tibetan Plateau[J]. CLIMATIC CHANGE,2011,108(1-2):225-241. http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/5488 doi:10.1007/s10584-010-0008-2 4 Gap Models Species Composition Mountain Forests Stand Structure European Alps Patch Model Vegetation Treeline Dynamics China Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Physical Sciences Environmental Sciences & Ecology Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Environmental Sciences Article 期刊论文 2011 ftchinacadscimhe https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-010-0008-2 2022-12-19T18:18:02Z Forest gap models have been used widely in the study of forest dynamics, including predicting long-term succession patterns and assessing the potential impacts of climate change on forest structure and composition. However, little effort is devoted to predict forest dynamics in the high elevation areas, although they have the sensitive response to global climate change. In the present study, based on a modified height-diameter function, we developed a new version (FAREAST-GFSM) of the forest patch model, FAREAST for simulating the changes of subalpine forests. The observed data from the Gongga Mt. Alpine Station were also used to test model precision. With the improved performance of FAREAST-GFSM, we explored the impact of three warming scenarios on subalpine forest on the eastern Tibetan plateau within a 100-year period. The study result indicates that the effects of climate change were evident on subalpine forests in the high elevation areas. The response of different species to the warming climate might eventually transform the subalpine Abies fabric forest into Betula utilis forest similar to that which is now widely distributed in the eastern Tibetan Plateau mountainous areas with the relatively lower elevation. Subalpine forests could move to higher and colder areas, which are currently tundra. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra IMHE OpenIR (Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Climatic Change 108 1-2 225 241 |
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Forest gap models have been used widely in the study of forest dynamics, including predicting long-term succession patterns and assessing the potential impacts of climate change on forest structure and composition. However, little effort is devoted to predict forest dynamics in the high elevation areas, although they have the sensitive response to global climate change. In the present study, based on a modified height-diameter function, we developed a new version (FAREAST-GFSM) of the forest patch model, FAREAST for simulating the changes of subalpine forests. The observed data from the Gongga Mt. Alpine Station were also used to test model precision. With the improved performance of FAREAST-GFSM, we explored the impact of three warming scenarios on subalpine forest on the eastern Tibetan plateau within a 100-year period. The study result indicates that the effects of climate change were evident on subalpine forests in the high elevation areas. The response of different species to the warming climate might eventually transform the subalpine Abies fabric forest into Betula utilis forest similar to that which is now widely distributed in the eastern Tibetan Plateau mountainous areas with the relatively lower elevation. Subalpine forests could move to higher and colder areas, which are currently tundra. |
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