Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome

Climate change may impact forest disturbances, though local variability is high. Here, Sommerfeld et al. show that disturbance patterns across the temperate biome vary with agents and tree traits, yet large disturbances are consistently linked to warmer and drier than average conditions.

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Main Authors: Andreas Sommerfeld, Cornelius Senf, Brian Buma, Anthony W. D’Amato, Tiphaine Després, Ignacio Díaz-Hormazábal, Shawn Fraver, Lee E. Frelich, Álvaro G. Gutiérrez, Sarah J. Hart, Brian J. Harvey, Hong S. He, Tomáš Hlásny, Andrés Holz, Thomas Kitzberger, Dominik Kulakowski, David Lindenmayer, Akira S. Mori, Jörg Müller, Juan Paritsis, George L. W. Perry, Scott L. Stephens, Miroslav Svoboda, Monica G. Turner, Thomas T. Veblen, Rupert Seidl
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06788-9
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author Andreas Sommerfeld
Cornelius Senf
Brian Buma
Anthony W. D’Amato
Tiphaine Després
Ignacio Díaz-Hormazábal
Shawn Fraver
Lee E. Frelich
Álvaro G. Gutiérrez
Sarah J. Hart
Brian J. Harvey
Hong S. He
Tomáš Hlásny
Andrés Holz
Thomas Kitzberger
Dominik Kulakowski
David Lindenmayer
Akira S. Mori
Jörg Müller
Juan Paritsis
George L. W. Perry
Scott L. Stephens
Miroslav Svoboda
Monica G. Turner
Thomas T. Veblen
Rupert Seidl
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spelling doaj.art-3a430824b3694bb49a91982a9cc7fadc2022-12-21T20:29:32ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232018-10-01911910.1038/s41467-018-06788-9Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biomeAndreas Sommerfeld0Cornelius Senf1Brian Buma2Anthony W. D’Amato3Tiphaine Després4Ignacio Díaz-Hormazábal5Shawn Fraver6Lee E. Frelich7Álvaro G. Gutiérrez8Sarah J. Hart9Brian J. Harvey10Hong S. He11Tomáš Hlásny12Andrés Holz13Thomas Kitzberger14Dominik Kulakowski15David Lindenmayer16Akira S. Mori17Jörg Müller18Juan Paritsis19George L. W. Perry20Scott L. Stephens21Miroslav Svoboda22Monica G. Turner23Thomas T. Veblen24Rupert Seidl25University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Institute of SilvicultureUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Institute of SilvicultureDept. of Integrative Biology, University of ColoradoUniversity of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesFaculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences in PragueFacultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales Renovables, Universidad de ChileUniversity of Maine, School of Forest ResourcesDepartment of Forest Resources, University of MinnesotaFacultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales Renovables, Universidad de ChileDepartment of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin–MadisonSchool of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of WashingtonSchool of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal UniversityFaculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences in PragueDepartment of Geography, Portland State UniversityINIBIOMA, CONICET-Universidad Nacional del ComahueClark University, Graduate School of GeographyFenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National UniversityGraduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National UniversityField Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of WürzburgINIBIOMA, CONICET-Universidad Nacional del ComahueSchool of Environment, University of AucklandDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of CaliforniaFaculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences in PragueDepartment of Integrative Biology, Birge Hall, University of Wisconsin–MadisonDepartment of Geography, University of ColoradoUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Institute of SilvicultureClimate change may impact forest disturbances, though local variability is high. Here, Sommerfeld et al. show that disturbance patterns across the temperate biome vary with agents and tree traits, yet large disturbances are consistently linked to warmer and drier than average conditions.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06788-9
spellingShingle Andreas Sommerfeld
Cornelius Senf
Brian Buma
Anthony W. D’Amato
Tiphaine Després
Ignacio Díaz-Hormazábal
Shawn Fraver
Lee E. Frelich
Álvaro G. Gutiérrez
Sarah J. Hart
Brian J. Harvey
Hong S. He
Tomáš Hlásny
Andrés Holz
Thomas Kitzberger
Dominik Kulakowski
David Lindenmayer
Akira S. Mori
Jörg Müller
Juan Paritsis
George L. W. Perry
Scott L. Stephens
Miroslav Svoboda
Monica G. Turner
Thomas T. Veblen
Rupert Seidl
Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome
Nature Communications
title Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome
title_full Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome
title_fullStr Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome
title_full_unstemmed Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome
title_short Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome
title_sort patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06788-9
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