Geography, Environment, Sustainability (Dec 2012)

FORECASTED TRENDS IN CHANGES OF VEGETATION IN THE EUROPEAN PART OF RUSSIA IN CONNECTION WITH GLOBAL WARMING

  • Vadim Rumyantsev,
  • Svetlana Malkhazova,
  • Mikhail Soldatov,
  • Nadezhda Leonova,
  • Alexander Kislov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2012-5-4-3-11
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 4
pp. 4 – 16

Abstract

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The paper discusses connections between zonal boundaries of vegetation and productivity of forest stands and some climatic parameters. It also suggests mathematical-cartographic models of these connections. The models are used to forecast changes in the boundaries of the vegetation sub-zones and of forest stands productivity in the European Part of Russia and on the adjacent areas for 2046–2065 under one of the scenarios of global warming.

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