Effects of climate change and management on timber yield in boreal forests, with economic implications: A case study

Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, Heli Peltola, Elemer Briceño-Elizondo and Seppo Kellomäki

Ecological Modelling, 2007, vol. 209, issue 2, 220-234

Abstract: A process-based ecosystem model was applied to analyse the effects of climate change and management on timber yield over a forest management unit in Finland (63° N). The total area of the unit was ca. 1450ha, with 1018 separate tree stands representing the boreal conditions. A representative sample of 42 stands was selected for simulations of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), Norway spruce (Picea abies) and silver birch (Betula pendula) dominated stands of various ages and sites. The results of the simulations under the current climate and two climate change scenarios together with six management regimes (five thinning regimes and one unthinned) were extrapolated over the whole unit.

Keywords: Adaptation; Regional assessment; Forest management; Timber yield; Forest growth; Model; Boreal forests; Climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.06.021

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