CARBON BALANCE OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS UNDER GLOBAL WARMING: LANDSCAPE-ECOLOGICAL PREDICTIVE MODELING
Abstract
This paper presents the results of application of landscape-ecological methods for evaluation of biotic regulation of the carbon cycle in forest ecosystems. Methods for constructing analytical and cartographic empirical-statistical models for identification of forest associations and zonal/regional types of forest formations capable of stabilizing the continental biosphere under changing climate are described. Possible biotic regulation of the carbon cycle under known scenarios of future greenhouse warming is suggested. The maps on the carbon content and its changes in the forests of the Oka river basin are presented.
About the Authors
Erland KolomytsRussian Federation
Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Komzina str., 10, Togliatti, 445003, Russia
Gennady Rozenberg
Russian Federation
Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Komzina str., 10, Togliatti, 445003, Russia
Larisa Sharaya
Russian Federation
Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Komzina str., 10, Togliatti, 445003, Russia
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Kolomyts E., Rozenberg G., Sharaya L. CARBON BALANCE OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS UNDER GLOBAL WARMING: LANDSCAPE-ECOLOGICAL PREDICTIVE MODELING. GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY. 2011;4(1):69-85. https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2011-4-1-69-85
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