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- Title
Long-Term Integrated Studies Show Complex and Surprising Effects of Climate Change in the Northern Hardwood Forest.
- Authors
GROFFMAN, PETER M.; RUSTAD, LINDSEY E.; TEMPLER, PAMELA H.; CAMPBELL, JOHN L.; CHRISTENSON, LYNN M.; LANY, NINA K.; SOCCI, ANNE M.; VADEBONCOEUR, MATTHEW A.; SCHABERG, PAUL G.; WILSON, GEOFFREY F.; DRISCOLL, CHARLES T.; FAHEY, TIMOTHY J.; FISK, MELANY C.; GOODALE, CHRISTINE L.; GREEN, MARK B.; HAMBURG, STEVEN P.; JOHNSON, CHRIS E.; MITCHELL, MYRON J.; MORSE, JENNIFER L.; PARDO, LINDA H.
- Abstract
Evaluations of the local effects of global change are often confounded by the interactions of natural and anthropogenic factors that overshadow the effects of climate changes on ecosystems. Long-term watershed and natural elevation gradient studies at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest and in the surrounding region show surprising results demonstrating the effects of climate change on hydrologic variables (e.g., evapotranspiration, streamflow, soil moisture); the importance of changes in phenology on water, carbon, and nitrogen fluxes during critical seasonal transition periods; winter climate change effects on plant and animal community composition and ecosystem services; and the effects of anthropogenic disturbances and land-use history on plant community composition. These studies highlight the value of long-term integrated research for assessments of the subtle effects of changing climate on complex ecosystems.
- Subjects
NEW Hampshire; CLIMATE change; FOREST hydrology; FOREST ecology; FOREST microclimatology; HARDWOODS; PLANT phenology; PLANT communities; ECOSYSTEM services; ECOLOGICAL disturbances; WINTER
- Publication
BioScience, 2012, Vol 62, Issue 12, p1056
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1525/bio.2012.62.12.7