The impact of changing forest composition in Europe - longest carbon turnover time in unmanaged and broadleaved deciduous forests.

ABSTRACT: Forests play a crucial role in Europe's strategy for achieving carbon neutrality. Carbon turnover time - the time that carbon spends in the ecosystem - is a fundamental component in determining forest potential to mitigate climate change. However, there is a significant knowledge gap regarding how current and future forest management practices will affect carbon turnover time. This study aims to compare the effects of various forest management strategies on carbon turnover time in European forests. To achieve this, we used the dynamic global vegetation model LPJ-GUESS to simulate carbon pools and fluxes under stylised forest management scenarios mainly based on changing species composition. We calculated carbon turnover times under two conditions: first, with constant climate and CO2 conce

SUBMITTER: Ferretto A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12543152 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature