Climate change, including increasing atmospheric CO 2 concentrations ([CO 2]), nitrogen
deposition, and recovery from past management have led to changes in forest productivity in …

Cumulative effects assessment (CEA), as a subset of environmental impact assessment, has
been used over the past half-century to evaluate the impact of anthropogenic and natural …

Numerical simulation models of forest ecosystems synthesize a broad array of concepts from
tree physiology, community ecology, hydrology, soil physics, soil chemistry and soil …

Gap models have a rich history of being used to simulate individual tree interactions that
impact species diversity and patterns of forest succession. Questions arise, however, as to …

This report summarizes four country studies that were undertaken as part of the UNEP"
Country Case Studies on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations Assessment." These …

The possible impact of recent and predicted future climate change on forestry in Estonia was
studied. The quickening forest growth, about 15% in the last 4 decades, was verified by …

A geospatial GIS-linked spreadsheet model (Nutrient Budget Model—Nova Scotia: NBM-
NS) was developed for Nova Scotia to assess the long-term sustainability of forest harvest …

Projecting the effects of environmental change on social-ecological systems is a crucial
component of sustainability science. Such projections rely on models and modeling chains …

This chapter focuses on how forest floor biomass accumulation and turnover rates can be
estimated across climate conditions by way of an empirical model formulation that is based …

An assessment of how climate change will affect Ontario over the next century, including its
social, biological and economic environment, is presented. The most significant impacts are …