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Environmental Conditions, Site Types, and Climate Change

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Trees grow in sites, the properties of which are characterized by climatic and edaphic factors. In growth and yield studies, the productivity (m3 ha−1 year−1) involves the potential stem wood growth in trees. Productivity combines the edaphic and climatic properties of sites on growth, including soil texture, supply of water and nutrients, precipitation, radiation, temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide. In this context, climate change is likely to have multiple impacts on the properties of sites, thereby affecting the dynamics of the forest ecosystem. Climate change effects on the growing conditions like temperature sum, which integrates the changes in the length of growing season and thermal conditions. Climate change is likely to affect productivity substantially, thereby making it necessary to revise management to meet properly the benefits and problems induced by warming climate.

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Kellomäki, S. (2022). Environmental Conditions, Site Types, and Climate Change. In: Management of Boreal Forests. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88024-8_2

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