Session 4. Impacts of climate change on forest growth

Co-Chairs: Heinrich Spiecker and Kari Mielikäinen

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Oral presentations

  • Elasticity of Tree Radial Growth to Environmental Stress - Kahle Hans-Peter
  • Quantifying the Height Growth-Temperature Relationship of Plantation Taiwan Spruce - Guan Biing T., Chung Chih-Hsin and Lin Shu-Tzong
  • Climate-Sensitive Modeling of Site-Productivity Relationship - Albert M. and Schmidt M.
  • Simulating Tree Growth Under Climate Change Using Altitudinal Shift as Proxy - Huber M. and Sterba H.
  • Utility of Biological Expansion Factors for Estimating Above Ground Component Biomass of Picea abies L. Karst. – Albaugh Timothy J., Linder Sune, Nilsson Urban, Lundmark Tomas, Bergh Johan, Allen H. Lee, Flower-Ellis Jeremy
  • Climate Change Impact on Soil Salinity and Tree Growth of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States - Krauss Ken W., Doyle Thomas W., Conner William H., Day Richard H. and Duberstein Jamie A.
  • Long-Term Trends and Fluctuations of Common Beech and Sessile Oak Growth in France during the 20th Century and their Compared Climatic Interpretations - Bontemps Jean-Daniel, Hervé Jean-Christophe, Dhôte Jean-François
  • Predicting the Impacts of Pest Attack on Forest Productivity Under Changing Climate - Pinkard Libby and Battaglia Michael
  • Potential Forest Productivity Impacts of Climate Change on Forests of the United States Pacific Northwest - Latta Gregory, Temesgen Hailemariam, Adams Darius and Barrett Tara
  • New Zealand’s Potential Forest Responses and Threats Under Climate Change - An Overview of Related Research - Paul T.S.H., Watt M.S. and Kirschbaum M.U.F.
  • Climate Change Effects on Site Index Estimation in Mediterranean Maritime Pine Forests - Bravo-Oviedo A., Gallardo-Andrés C., del Río M. and Montero G.
  • Dealing With Error: Will Climate Change Have a Significant Effect on Predictions from Empirical Growth and Yield Models? - Coulombe S., Bernier P.Y. and Raulier F.
  • Dynamic Height-Age Functions Used to Account for Varying Effects of Climate Change on Tree Height Growth - O'Neill G.A. and Nigh G.
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