Nature Communications (Oct 2018)
Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome
- Andreas Sommerfeld,
- Cornelius Senf,
- Brian Buma,
- Anthony W. D’Amato,
- Tiphaine Després,
- Ignacio Díaz-Hormazábal,
- Shawn Fraver,
- Lee E. Frelich,
- Álvaro G. Gutiérrez,
- Sarah J. Hart,
- Brian J. Harvey,
- Hong S. He,
- Tomáš Hlásny,
- Andrés Holz,
- Thomas Kitzberger,
- Dominik Kulakowski,
- David Lindenmayer,
- Akira S. Mori,
- Jörg Müller,
- Juan Paritsis,
- George L. W. Perry,
- Scott L. Stephens,
- Miroslav Svoboda,
- Monica G. Turner,
- Thomas T. Veblen,
- Rupert Seidl
Affiliations
- Andreas Sommerfeld
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Institute of Silviculture
- Cornelius Senf
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Institute of Silviculture
- Brian Buma
- Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado
- Anthony W. D’Amato
- University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
- Tiphaine Després
- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague
- Ignacio Díaz-Hormazábal
- Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales Renovables, Universidad de Chile
- Shawn Fraver
- University of Maine, School of Forest Resources
- Lee E. Frelich
- Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota
- Álvaro G. Gutiérrez
- Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales Renovables, Universidad de Chile
- Sarah J. Hart
- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Brian J. Harvey
- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington
- Hong S. He
- School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University
- Tomáš Hlásny
- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague
- Andrés Holz
- Department of Geography, Portland State University
- Thomas Kitzberger
- INIBIOMA, CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue
- Dominik Kulakowski
- Clark University, Graduate School of Geography
- David Lindenmayer
- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
- Akira S. Mori
- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University
- Jörg Müller
- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg
- Juan Paritsis
- INIBIOMA, CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue
- George L. W. Perry
- School of Environment, University of Auckland
- Scott L. Stephens
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California
- Miroslav Svoboda
- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague
- Monica G. Turner
- Department of Integrative Biology, Birge Hall, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Thomas T. Veblen
- Department of Geography, University of Colorado
- Rupert Seidl
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Institute of Silviculture
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06788-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Climate change may impact forest disturbances, though local variability is high. Here, Sommerfeld et al. show that disturbance patterns across the temperate biome vary with agents and tree traits, yet large disturbances are consistently linked to warmer and drier than average conditions.
