Direct and Indirect Effects and the Long-term Risks of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems: Effects on Forest Soils

Billett, M.F. . Department of Plant and Soil Science

Direct and Indirect Effects and the Long-term Risks of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems: Effects on Forest Soils

1993

Billett, M.F. (University of Aberdeen, Scotland (United Kingdom). Department of Plant and Soil Science)

Climate change effects on forest soils will occur directly on soils or indirectly through effects on tree growth. Increases in soil temperature will cause an increase in soil respiration and decomposition and many increase rates of mineral weathering and ion exchange reactions. Forest soils represent a major sink for C and increased productivity in response to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide will lead to an increase in c storage in forest ecosystems. Changes in forest productivity will have significant effects on forest soils, included water use, soil moisture status and nutrient cycling.

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AGROVOC Keywords

changement climatique climatic change cycling degradation forest soils suelo forestal

Bibliographic information

Published in

World Series (IUFRO)

Issue 4 ISSN 1016-3263

Publisher

IUFRO

Pagination

132 p.

Other Subjects

Cambio climatico; Ciclo biogeoquimico; Sol de foret; Degradacion; Cycle biogeochimique

Language

English

Note

Summary (En)

p. 16

Type

Summary; Non-Conventional

Source

Long-term Implications of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Forest Ecosystems, Schlaepfer, R. (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape, Birmensdorf (Switzerland)) (ed.).- Vienna (Austria): IUFRO, 1993.- ISBN 3 7040 1165 7

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