Ecosystem Services Related to Carbon Cycling - Modeling Present and Future Impacts in Boreal Forests.

ABSTRACT: Forests regulate climate, as carbon, water and nutrient fluxes are modified by physiological processes of vegetation and soil. Forests also provide renewable raw material, food, and recreational possibilities. Rapid climate warming projected for the boreal zone may change the provision of these ecosystem services. We demonstrate model based estimates of present and future ecosystem services related to carbon cycling of boreal forests. The services were derived from biophysical variables calculated by two dynamic models. Future changes in the biophysical variables were driven by climate change scenarios obtained as results of a sample of global climate models downscaled for Finland, assuming three future pathways of radiative forcing. We introduce continuous monitoring on phenology to be us

SUBMITTER: Holmberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6443878 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature