Climate Change and European Forests: What Do We Know, What Are the Uncertainties, and What Are the Implications for Forest Management?. Lindner, M., Fitzgerald, J. B., Zimmermann, N. E., Reyer, C., Delzon, S., van der Maaten , E., Schelhaas, M., Lasch, P., Eggers, J., van der Maaten-Theunissen , M., Suckow, F., Psomas, A., Poulter, B., & Hanewinkel, M. Journal of Environmental Management, 146:69–83, December, 2014.
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[Highlights] [::] Uncertainty is inherent to climate change impact assessments. [::] Extreme events are only weakly represented in many assessments. [::] The range of possible impacts has so far been underestimated in most studies. [::] Some general trends are common to all climate projections. [::] Guidance is needed to interpret state-of-the-art knowledge and give helpful advice. [Abstract] The knowledge about potential climate change impacts on forests is continuously expanding and some changes in growth, drought induced mortality and species distribution have been observed. However despite a significant body of research, a knowledge and communication gap exists between scientists and non-scientists as to how climate change impact scenarios can be interpreted and what they imply for European forests. It is still challenging to advise forest decision makers on how best to plan for climate change as many uncertainties and unknowns remain and it is difficult to communicate these to practitioners and other decision makers while retaining emphasis on the importance of planning for adaptation.
@article{lindnerClimateChangeEuropean2014,
  title = {Climate Change and {{European}} Forests: What Do We Know, What Are the Uncertainties, and What Are the Implications for Forest Management?},
  author = {Lindner, Marcus and Fitzgerald, Joanne B. and Zimmermann, Niklaus E. and Reyer, Christopher and Delzon, Sylvain and {van der Maaten}, Ernst and Schelhaas, Mart-Jan and Lasch, Petra and Eggers, Jeannette and {van der Maaten-Theunissen}, Marieke and Suckow, Felicitas and Psomas, Achilleas and Poulter, Benjamin and Hanewinkel, Marc},
  year = {2014},
  month = dec,
  volume = {146},
  pages = {69--83},
  issn = {0301-4797},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.07.030},
  abstract = {[Highlights] 

[::] Uncertainty is inherent to climate change impact assessments.

[::] Extreme events are only weakly represented in many assessments.

[::] The range of possible impacts has so far been underestimated in most studies.

[::] Some general trends are common to all climate projections.

[::] Guidance is needed to interpret state-of-the-art knowledge and give helpful advice.

[Abstract] 

The knowledge about potential climate change impacts on forests is continuously expanding and some changes in growth, drought induced mortality and species distribution have been observed. However despite a significant body of research, a knowledge and communication gap exists between scientists and non-scientists as to how climate change impact scenarios can be interpreted and what they imply for European forests. It is still challenging to advise forest decision makers on how best to plan for climate change as many uncertainties and unknowns remain and it is difficult to communicate these to practitioners and other decision makers while retaining emphasis on the importance of planning for adaptation.},
  journal = {Journal of Environmental Management},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-13354308,climate-change,duplicated-entry-to-be-removed,forest-management,forest-resources,habitat-suitability,niche-modelling,uncertainty},
  lccn = {INRMM-MiD:c-13354308}
}

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