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Anthropogenic land-use legacies underpin climate change-related risks to forest ecosystems

Vilà-Cabrera, Albert ; Astigarraga, Julen LU orcid ; Jump, Alistair S ; Zavala, Miguel A ; Seijo, Francisco ; Sperlich, Dominik and Ruiz-Benito, Paloma (2023) In Trends in Plant Science 28(10). p.1132-1143
Abstract

Forest ecosystems with long-lasting human imprints can emerge worldwide as outcomes of land-use cessation. However, the interaction of these anthropogenic legacies with climate change impacts on forests is not well understood. Here, we set out how anthropogenic land-use legacies that persist in forest properties, following alterations in forest distribution, structure, and composition, can interact with climate change stressors. We propose a risk-based framework to identify anthropogenic legacies of land uses in forest ecosystems and quantify the impact of their interaction with climate-related stress on forest responses. Considering anthropogenic land-use legacies alongside environmental drivers of forest ecosystem dynamics will... (More)

Forest ecosystems with long-lasting human imprints can emerge worldwide as outcomes of land-use cessation. However, the interaction of these anthropogenic legacies with climate change impacts on forests is not well understood. Here, we set out how anthropogenic land-use legacies that persist in forest properties, following alterations in forest distribution, structure, and composition, can interact with climate change stressors. We propose a risk-based framework to identify anthropogenic legacies of land uses in forest ecosystems and quantify the impact of their interaction with climate-related stress on forest responses. Considering anthropogenic land-use legacies alongside environmental drivers of forest ecosystem dynamics will improve our predictive capacity of climate-related risks to forests and our ability to promote ecosystem resilience to climate change.

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Humans, Ecosystem, Climate Change, Forests, Trees
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Trends in Plant Science
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28
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10
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12 pages
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Elsevier
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  • pmid:37263916
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1360-1385
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10.1016/j.tplants.2023.04.014
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English
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