Die neue Dynamik pazifischer Wälder

verfasst von

Hans Jürgen Böhmer, Corina Niemand

Abstract

Large-scale analyses of the effects of climate change on the Earth's biodiversity miss numerous local processes of crucial importance. This can be illustrated by using the sensitive forests of high-oceanic islands as model ecosystems. The montane rain forest on the island of Hawaii, for instance, was affected by a decline of canopy trees in the 1970s. Here, extreme climatic fluctuations, e.g. during an episodic lifting of the cloud layer in ENSO years, cause abiotic stress, thus functioning as dieback triggers, whereby synchronized senescence of the dominant tree species acts as a major predisposing cause. The extent of rapid oscillation between high precipitation and droughts increased over the last 40 years.

Externe Organisation(en)

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Geographische Rundschau

Band

61

Seiten

32-37

Anzahl der Seiten

6

ISSN

0016-7460

Publikationsdatum

04.2009

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung, Gewässerkunde und -technologie, Allgemeine Energie, Atmosphärenwissenschaften

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen