Climate change not responsible for altering forest tree composition, experts say

15 octubre 2014

Change in disturbance regimes — rather than a change in climate — is largely responsible for altering the composition of Eastern forests, according to a researcher. Forests in the Eastern United States remain in a state of «disequilibrium» stemming from the clear-cutting and large-scale burning that occurred in the late 1800s and early 1900s, he contends.
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