Analyzing climate-induced mortality of Taurus fir based on temporal forest management plans and climatic variations and droughts in the Central Mediterranean sub-region of Turkey
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Doç. Dr. Can Vatandaşlar Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Murat Türkeş
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Akkın SEMERCİ Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Alptekin Karahan
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı European Journal of Forest Research (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 1612-4669 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 02-2023
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 142 / 1 / 61–89 DOI 10.1007/s10342-022-01506-z
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-022-01506-z
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Silvikültür
Özet
Fir species have been threatened by extreme weather and climate conditions in many parts of the Mediterranean Basin. However, there are almost no studies focused on the mortality of Taurus fir in the Eastern Mediterranean basin and Turkey. This study aims to quantify the mortality pattern of Taurus fir stands in Hadim Forest Enterprise from 1971 to 2016 and to assess this pattern considering the long-term trends and fluctuations in the observed climate data. To this end, spatiotemporal changes in forest cover were analyzed using historical stand type maps in GIS. Statistical and graphical time-series analyses were performed on observed climate data. As a result, rapid areal losses were detected in pure fir stands, even though the annual rate of forestation is 0.5% for the entire forest. More than half of the stands transformed into pure or mixed stands dominated by black pine. Both fir stands and the entire forest …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Abies cilicica | Climate change | Drought indices | Ecosystem structure | Forest vulnerability | Landscape metrics