Impacts of different climate stabilisation scenarios on plant species in Europe
With the use of goals from the Convention on Biological Diversity we evaluated two climate stabilisation profiles on their merits for conservation of biodiversity, comparing them with a baseline profile. Focusing on plant ecosystems at the pan-European level, we concluded that although a maximum glo...
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Published in | Global environmental change Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 19 - 28 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
01.02.2006
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Summary: | With the use of goals from the Convention on Biological Diversity we evaluated two climate stabilisation profiles on their merits for conservation of biodiversity, comparing them with a baseline profile. Focusing on plant ecosystems at the pan-European level, we concluded that although a maximum global-mean temperature increase of 2
°C is likely to be met in a 550
ppmv CO
2-equivalent stabilisation profile, large areas of ecosystems in Europe will be affected. Most of the impacts manifest themselves in northern countries, with a high net increase of plant species, and in Mediterranean countries, with a decrease in the number of plant species and stable area. Other impacts are less robust, given the regional variation in climate results for different climate models. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
ISSN: | 0959-3780 1872-9495 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2005.11.001 |