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Ben Bond-Lamberty1, Scott D Peckham, Douglas E Ahl
1Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. bpbond@wisc.edu
Nature
|November 2, 2007
Resumen
El balance de carbono de los bosques boreales está impulsado principalmente por las perturbaciones de los incendios, no por los impactos directos del cambio climático. El aumento de la frecuencia de los incendios favorece a los árboles de hoja caduca y los musgos sobre las coníferas, alterando el dominio de la vegetación.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ecología Ecología Ecología.
- Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima
- Silvicultura La silvicultura es la actividad forestal.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los bosques boreales se enfrentan a décadas de cambios ambientales, incluido el clima alterado, los niveles de CO2 y los regímenes de incendios.
- Se predice que el cambio climático futuro aumentará la frecuencia de los incendios, una gran perturbación en estos ecosistemas.
- Las evaluaciones anteriores del balance de carbono de los bosques boreales carecían de un análisis de la competencia de la vegetación a gran escala.
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