Publications by authors named "Fanny Langerwisch"
Article Synopsis
- Understanding forest functioning, structure, and diversity is complex, but advancements in data collection and modeling are helping to bridge this gap.
- Different forest modeling communities have evolved their approaches, using simulation models to explore forest dynamics over various scales, which offers insights beyond typical field studies.
- The paper highlights three modeling approaches, discusses their evolution, presents applications in key ecological issues, and identifies ten critical questions for future research using these models.
Glob Chang Biol
November 2016
Article Synopsis
- Climate change and land-use changes are key factors causing habitat and biodiversity loss, especially in Latin America, and future projections for biome shifts are needed to understand their impacts better.
- Research indicates that by 2099, 5-6% of the region may experience biome shifts mainly due to climate change, possibly surpassing land-use change effects if land-use expansion is controlled by the mid-century.
- The study advocates for early efforts to limit land-use changes and protect natural vegetation, suggesting this could help mitigate climate change impacts later in the century, while also informing socio-economic strategies for biome conservation.
