Anticipating the spatio-temporal response of plant diversity and vegetation structure to climate and land use change in a protected area.

ABSTRACT: Vegetation is a key driver of ecosystem functioning (e.g. productivity and stability) and of the maintenance of biodiversity (e.g. creating habitats for other species groups). While vegetation sensitivity to climate change has been widely investgated, its spatio-temporally response to the dual efects of land management and climate change has been ignored at landscape scale. Here we use a dynamic vegetation model called FATE-HD, which describes the dominant vegetation dynamics and associated functional diversity, in order to anticipate vegetation response to climate and land-use changes in both short and long-term perspectives. Using three contrasted management scenarios for the Ecrins National Park (French Alps) developed in collaboration with the park managers, and one regio

SUBMITTER: Boulangeat I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4338509 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature