biostudies-literatureDobor LAustrian Science Fund FWF"EVA4.0"Sport of the Slovak RepublicOP RDE; Austrian Science Fund FWF START"EXTEMIT - K"EC COST Action308-322https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7612774biostudies-literatureUnknown263Disturbances alter composition, structure, and functioning of forest ecosystems, and their legacies persist for decades to centuries. We investigated how temperate forest landscapes may recover their carbon (C) after severe wind and bark beetle disturbance, while being exposed to climate change. We used the forest landscape and disturbance model iLand to quantify (i) the recovery times of the total ecosystem C, (ii) the effect of climate change on C recovery, and (iii) the differential factors contributing to C recovery. We reconstructed a recent disturbance episode (2008-2016) based on Landsat satellite imagery, which affected 39% of the forest area in the 16,000 ha study landscape. We subsequently simulated forest recovery under a continuation of business-asusual management until 2100. OAgricultural and forest meteorologyPost-disturbance recovery of forest carbon in a temperate forest landscape under climate change.PMC7612774CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000433Y 895Y895-B25CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000803Hlasny TSeidl RTrombik JStepanek PBarka IDobor LSeben VPavlenda PRammer WfalsePost-disturbance recovery of forest carbon in a temperate forest landscape under climate change.Disturbances alter composition, structure, and functioning of forest ecosystems, and their legacies persist for decades to centuries. We investigated how temperate forest landscapes may recover their carbon (C) after severe wind and bark beetle disturbance, while being exposed to climate change. We used the forest landscape and disturbance model iLand to quantify (i) the recovery times of the total ecosystem C, (ii) the effect of climate change on C recovery, and (iii) the differential factors contributing to C recovery. We reconstructed a recent disturbance episode (2008-2016) based on Landsat satellite imagery, which affected 39% of the forest area in the 16,000 ha study landscape. We subsequently simulated forest recovery under a continuation of business-asusual management until 2100. O2018-01-01T00:00:00Z2018 Dec2025-04-04T02:24:09.269Z2025-02-19T01:23:41.07ZS-EPMC76127743563377610.1016/j.agrformet.2018.08.028