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Management Strategies to Adapt Alpine Space Forests to Climate Change Risks

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Gillian Cerbu
Gillian Cerbu

Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg,
Germany

Co-editors

Marc Hanewinkel
Marc Hanewinkel

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research,
Switzerland

Giacomo Gerosa
Giacomo Gerosa

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart,
Italy

Robert Jandl
Robert Jandl

Austrian Research Centre for Forests,
Austria

Published28 August 2013

Doi10.5772/56933

ISBN978-953-51-1194-8

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-4240-9

Copyright year2013

Number of pages396

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Management Strategies to Adapt Alpine Space Forests to Climate Change Risks – An Introduction to the Manfred Project

By Robert Jandl, Gillian Cerbu, Marc Hanewinkel, Fred Berger, Giacomo Gerosa and Silvio Schüler

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3. Future Climate of the European Alps

By Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Ernst Gebetsroither, Johann Züger, Dirk Schmatz and Achilleas Psomas

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4. Potential Future Ranges of Tree Species in the Alps

By Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Robert Jandl, Marc Hanewinkel, Georges Kunstler, Christian Kölling, Patrizia Gasparini, Andrej Breznikar, Eliane S. Meier, Signe Normand, Ulrich Ulmer, Thomas Gschwandtner, Holger Veit, Maria Naumann, Wolfgang Falk, Karl Mellert, Maria Rizzo, Mitja Skudnik and Achilleas Psomas

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5. Risk Assessment for Biotic Pests Under Prospective Climate Conditions

By Holger Griess, Holger Veit and Ralf Petercord

1,958
6. Abiotic Stressors – Fire Hazard

By Bruna Comini, Giampaolo Cocca, Elena Gagliazzi, Paolo Nastasio, Enrico Calvo, Roberto Colombo, B. Di Mauro, Lorenzo Busetto, Mitja Skudnik, Tomaz Sturm and Andrej Breznikar

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7. Abiotic Stressor: Storms

By Bin You and Mitja Skudnik

2,097
8. Ozone Fluxes to a Larch Forest Ecosystem at the Timberline in the Italian Alps

By Giacomo Gerosa, Angelo Finco, Antonio Negri, Riccardo Marzuoli and Gerhard Wieser

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11. Drought in Alpine Areas Under Changing Climate Conditions

By Ernst Gebetsroither, Johann Züger and Wolfgang Loibl

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12. Eco-Engineering and Protection Forests Against Rockfalls and Snow Avalanches

By Frédéric Berger, Luuk Dorren, Karl Kleemayr, Bernhard Maier, Spela Planinsek, Christophe Bigot, Franck Bourrier, Oliver Jancke, David Toe and Gillian Cerbu

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13. Coupling a Forest Growth Model with a Soil Carbon Simulator

By Klaus Dolschak, Robert Jandl and Thomas Ledermann

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14. Provenance Trials in Alpine Range – Review and Perspectives for Applications in Climate Change

By Stefan Kapeller, Silvio Schüler, Gerhard Huber, Gregor Božič, Tom Wohlgemuth and Raphael Klumpp

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15. Description of Case Study Areas for Deriving Management Strategies to Adapt Alpine Space Forests to Climate Change Risks

By Robert Jandl, Frédéric Berger, Andrej Breznikar, Giacomo Gerosa, Holger Veit, Gillian Cerbu and Marc Hanewinkel

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16. Monitoring Climatic Change Impacts on Protection Forests in Aosta Valley (Italy) and in Drôme (France) Using Medium and High Resolution Remote Sensing and Mateloscopes Plots

By Laurent Borgniet, David Toe, Frédéric Berger, Marta Galvagno, Cinzia Panigada, Roberto Colombo, Umberto Morra di Cella, Simone Gottardelli, Ivan Rollet, Mario Negro, Flavio Vertui and Cédric Fermont

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17. Case Study Carinthia / Slovenia – Productive Forests Affected by Climate Change

By Robert Jandl, Andrej Breznikar, Marko Lekše, Christian Tomiczek, Silvio Schüler, Klaus Dolschak and Hans Zöscher

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18. Case Study: Valle Camonica and the Adamello Park

By Giacomo Gerosa, Angelo Finco, Stefano Oliveri, Riccardo Marzuoli, Alessandro Ducoli, Giambattista Sangalli, Bruna Comini, Paolo Nastasio, Giampaolo Cocca and Elena Gagliazzi

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20. Managing Alpine Forests in a Changing Climate

By Peter Brang, Andrej Breznikar, Marc Hanewinkel, Robert Jandl and Bernhard Maier

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