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Climate-induced
Changes in Forest Disturbance and Vegetation
Overpeck, J.T., D. Rind, and R. Goldberg 1990 Nature 343: 51-53 ABSTRACT Discusses climate-model results indicating that global warming favours increased rates of forest disturbance, as a result of weather more likely to cause forest fires (drought, wind and natural ignition sources), convective wind storms, coastal flooding and hurricanes. New sensitivity tests carried out with a vegetation model indicate that climate-induced increases in disturbance could, in turn, significantly alter the total biomass and compositional response of forests to future warming. An increase in disturbance frequency is also likely to increase the rate at which natural vegetation responds to future climate change. |
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