Potential Impacts Of Climate Change On Tropical Forest Ecosystems

Author : Adam Markham
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401727303

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Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Forest Ecosystems by Adam Markham Pdf

Climate change represents one of the most alarming long-term threats to ecosystems the world over. This new collection of papers provides, for the first time, an overview of the potentially serious impact that climate change may have on tropical forests. The authors, a multi-disciplinary group of leading experts in climatology, forestry, ecology and conservation biology, present a state-of-knowledge snapshot of how tropical forests are likely to react to the changes being wrought on our planet's atmosphere and climate. Tropical forests represent extraordinary harbours for biological diversity, and yet as deforestation and degradation continue apace, they are under greater pressure from human impacts than ever before. Climate change adds yet another threat to these valuable ecosystems, and this volume demonstrates just how significant a problem this may really be. The authors identify certain types of forest, including tropical montane cloud forest that may be particularly vulnerable. They also show the strong likelihood of global warming aggravating problems in already fragmented forest areas.

Author : Carmenza Robledo,Markku Kanninen,Lucio Pedroni
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9789792446043

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Tropical Forests and Adaptation to Climate Change by Carmenza Robledo,Markku Kanninen,Lucio Pedroni Pdf

Author : Aline Chiabai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317961499

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Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Forests in Central America by Aline Chiabai Pdf

The loss of biodiversity is a major environmental problem in nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. This loss is accelerating driven by climate change, as well as by other causes including agricultural exploitation, fragmentation and degradation triggered by land use changes. The crucial issue under debate is the impact on the welfare of current and future population, and the role of humans in the exploitation of natural resources. This is of particular importance in Central America, which it is amongst the richest and most threatened biodiversity regions on the Earth, and where the loss of ecosystems strongly affects its socio-economic vulnerability. This book addresses the impacts of climate and land-use change on tropical forest ecosystems in this important region, and assesses the expected economic costs if no policy action is taken, under different future scenarios and for different geographical scales. This innovative collection utilises both theoretical approaches and empirical results to provide a conceptual framework for an integrated analysis of climate and land-use change impacts on forest ecosystems and related economic effects, offering insight into the complex relationship between ecosystems and benefits to humans. This important contribution to forest ecosystems and climate change provides invaluable reading for students and scholars in the fields of environmental and ecological economics, environmental science and forestry, natural resource management, agriculture and climate change.

Author : John Flenley,Mark Bush
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540488422

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Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change by John Flenley,Mark Bush Pdf

This is the first book to examine how tropical rain forest ecology is altered by climate change, rather than simply seeing how plant communities were altered. The book’s goal is to provide a current overview of the impacts of climate change on tropical forests. It aims to investigate past, present, and future climatic influences on the ecosystems with the highest biodiversity on the planet.

Author : Stephen J. Colombo,Ontario Forest Research Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : MINN:31951D02067212P

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The Impacts of Climate Change on Ontario's Forests by Stephen J. Colombo,Ontario Forest Research Institute Pdf

Reviews literature concerning the effects of global climate change on forest plants and communities, and provides opinions on the potential impacts that climate change may have on Ontario forests. Sections of the review discuss the following: the climate of Ontario in the 21st century as predicted by climate models; forest hydrology in relation to climate change; insects and climate change; impacts on fungi in the forest ecosystem; impacts on forest fires and their management; plant physiological responses; genetic implications of climate change; forest vegetation dynamics; the use of models in global climate change studies; and forest management responses to climate change.

Author : J. Puhe,B. Ulrich
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642595318

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Global Climate Change and Human Impacts on Forest Ecosystems by J. Puhe,B. Ulrich Pdf

The inclusion of forests as potential biological sinks in the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1997 has attracted international attention and again has put scientific and political focus on the world's forests, regarding their state and development. The international discus sion induced by the Kyoto Protocol has clearly shown that not only the tropical rain forests are endangered by man's activities, but also that the forest ecosystems of boreal, temperate, mediterranean and subtropical regions have been drastically modified. Deforestation on a large scale, burning, over-exploitation, and the degra dation of the biological diversity are well-known symptoms in forests all over the world. This negative development happens in spite of the already existing knowledge of the benefits of forests on global energy and water regimes, the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and other elements as well as on the biological and cultural diversity. The reasons why man does not take care of forests properly are manifold and complex and there is no easy solution how to change the existing negative trends. One reason that makes it so difficult to assess the impacts of human activity on the future development of forests is the large time scale in which forests react, ranging from decades to centuries.

Author : Mariangela Fotelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3036527508

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Impacts of Climate Change on Tree Physiology and Responses of Forest Ecosystems by Mariangela Fotelli Pdf

Extreme climatic events, such as intense and prolonged droughts and heat waves, are occurring with increasing frequency and with pronounced impacts on forests. Forest trees, as long-lived organisms, need to develop adaptation mechanisms to successfully respond to such climatic extremes. Whether physiological adaptations on the tree level result in ecophysiological responses that ensure plasticity of forest ecosystems to climate change is currently in the core forest research. Within this Special Issue, forest species' responses to climatic variability were reported from diverse climatic zones and ecosystem types: from near-desert mountains in western USA to tropical forests in central America and Asia, and from Mediterranean ecosystems to temperate European forests. The clear effects of constraints related to climate change were evidenced on the tree level, such as in differentiated gene expression, metabolite abundance, sap flow rates, photosynthetic performance, seed germination, survival and growth, while on the ecosystem level, tree line shifts, temporal shifts in allocation of resources and species shifts were identified. Experimental schemes such as common gardens and provenance trails also provided long-term indications on the tolerance of forest species against drought and warming and serve to evaluate their performance under the predicted climate in near future. These findings enhance our knowledge on the potential resilience of forest species and ecosystems to climate change and provide an updated basis for continuing research on this topic.

Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521634555

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The Regional Impacts of Climate Change by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II. Pdf

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Author : John M. Kimble,B.A. Stewart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351444798

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Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecosystems by John M. Kimble,B.A. Stewart Pdf

Tropical ecosystems - the regions between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn - play an important role in global processes, economic issues, and political concerns. In their natural state, tropical ecosystems support a large quantity of above- and below-ground biomass, and constitute a major part of the terrestrial carbon pool. Conversion of the natural ecosystem to agriculture and forestry ecosystems disturbs this ecological balance. Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecosystems presents data on carbon pool fluxes from case studies in 12 countries in tropical regions. The chapters cover: Characteristics of tropical ecosystems Soil and biotic carbon pools Impacts of land use and soil management Slash-and-burn practices Crop residue and fertility management This volume adds to the understanding of pedospheric processes in tropical ecosystems and how to better use soils as a sink for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. With Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecosystems you will understand the link between soil productivity, environmental quality and the global carbon cycle, not only in these ecologically sensitive regions but worldwide.

Author : Yadvinder Malhi,Oliver Phillips
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191524271

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Tropical Forests and Global Atmospheric Change by Yadvinder Malhi,Oliver Phillips Pdf

Tropical forests represent the world's most biodiverse ecosystems and play a key role in hydrology, carbon storage and exchange. Many of the human-induced pressures these regions are facing, e.g. fragmentation and deforestation, have been widely reported and well documented. However, there have been surprisingly few efforts to synthesize cutting-edge science in the area of tropical forest interaction with atmospheric change. At a time when our global atmosphere is undergoing a period of rapid change, both in terms of climate and in the cycling of essential elements such as carbon and nitrogen, a thorough and up-to-date analysis is now timely. This research level text, suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers in plant ecology, tropical forestry, climate change science, and conservation biology, explores the vigorous contemporary debate as to how rapidly tropical forests may be affected by atmospheric change, and what this may mean for their future.

Author : Risto Seppälä
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : MINN:31951D02938154Z

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Adaptation of forests and people to climate change by Risto Seppälä Pdf

Author : Felipe Bravo,Valerie LeMay,Robert Jandl
Publisher : Springer
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319282503

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Managing Forest Ecosystems: The Challenge of Climate Change by Felipe Bravo,Valerie LeMay,Robert Jandl Pdf

Climate change shaped the political agenda during the last decade with three issues as hot topics: commonly making the headlines: carbon budgets, impact and mitigation of climate change. Given the significant role that forests play in the climate system – as sources, sinks, and through carbon trading – this book update the current scientific evidences on the relationships between climate, forest resources and forest management practices around the world. By including the forest scientists’ expertise from around the world, the book presents and updates a depth analysis of the current knowledge, and a series of case studies focused on the biological and the economic impacts of climate change in forest ecosystems in Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. The book will form a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students dealing with sustainable forestry, climate change issues and the effects of climate change on natural resource management.

Author : H. H. Shugart,Roger A. Sedjo,Brent L. Sohngen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : PSU:000050310487

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Forests & Global Climate Change by H. H. Shugart,Roger A. Sedjo,Brent L. Sohngen Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Polar Research Board,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on Abrupt Climate Change
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309133043

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Abrupt Climate Change by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Polar Research Board,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on Abrupt Climate Change Pdf

The climate record for the past 100,000 years clearly indicates that the climate system has undergone periodic-and often extreme-shifts, sometimes in as little as a decade or less. The causes of abrupt climate changes have not been clearly established, but the triggering of events is likely to be the result of multiple natural processes. Abrupt climate changes of the magnitude seen in the past would have far-reaching implications for human society and ecosystems, including major impacts on energy consumption and water supply demands. Could such a change happen again? Are human activities exacerbating the likelihood of abrupt climate change? What are the potential societal consequences of such a change? Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises looks at the current scientific evidence and theoretical understanding to describe what is currently known about abrupt climate change, including patterns and magnitudes, mechanisms, and probability of occurrence. It identifies critical knowledge gaps concerning the potential for future abrupt changes, including those aspects of change most important to society and economies, and outlines a research strategy to close those gaps. Based on the best and most current research available, this book surveys the history of climate change and makes a series of specific recommendations for the future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Bioclimatology
ISBN : NYPL:33433087183806

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Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity in Central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic by Anonim Pdf