Impacts of climate change on trees in ecosystems

Authors & references

Author:

Seppo Kellomäki (Professor Emeritus, University of Eastern Finland) has modified and updated the text from the reference “Kellomäki, S. 2009. Trees, forests and forest ecosystems. In: Kellomäki, S. (Ed.). Forest Resources and Sustainable Management. 2^nd edition. Paper Engineers’ Association, Helsinki, Finland. pp.  16-96”. 

References:

1. Cure, J. D., and Accock, B. 1986. Crop responses to carbon dioxide doubling: a literature review. Agricultural and forestry Meteorology 38: 127–145
2. Kellomäki, S., and Kolström, M. 1993. Computations on the yield of timber by Scots pine when subjected to varying levels of thinning under climate change in southern Finland. Forest Ecology and Management 59: 237–255.
3. Kellomäki, S., Strandman, H., Heinonen, T., Asikainen, A., Venäläinen, A., and Peltola, H. 2018. Temporal and spatial change in diameter growth of boreal Scots pine, Norway spruce and birch under recent-generation (CMIP5) global climate model projections for the 21^st century. Forests 9(3), 118. doi:10.3390/f9030118.