Land management and land-cover change have impacts of similar magnitude on surface temperature

• Published in: Nature climate change Vol. 4; no. 5; pp. 389 - 393
• Main Authors: Luyssaert, Sebastiaan, Jammet, Mathilde, Stoy, Paul C., Estel, Stephan, Pongratz, Julia, Ceschia, Eric, Churkina, Galina, Don, Axel, Erb, KarlHeinz, Ferlicoq, Morgan, Gielen, Bert, Grünwald, Thomas, Houghton, Richard A., Klumpp, Katja, Knohl, Alexander, Kolb, Thomas, Kuemmerle, Tobias, Laurila, Tuomas, Lohila, Annalea, Loustau, Denis, McGrath, Matthew J., Meyfroidt, Patrick, Moors, Eddy J., Naudts, Kim, Novick, Kim, Otto, Juliane, Pilegaard, Kim, Pio, Casimiro A., Rambal, Serge, Rebmann, Corinna, Ryder, James, Suyker, Andrew E., Varlagin, Andrej, Wattenbach, Martin, Dolman, A. Johannes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2014; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158/47; 704/106/47; Albedo; Anthropogenic factors; Boundary layers; carbon; Climate Change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; earth; Earth, ocean, space; energy; Environment; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Environmental Sciences; Environmental studies; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; feedbacks; forests; Global Changes; Human-environment relationship; Humanities and Social Sciences; Land management; letter; Meteorology; Remote sensing; Sensible heat; Surface temperature; vegetation; Ground based measurement; Space remote sensing; climate warming; Satellite observation; Surface temperature; exploitation; Atmospheric temperature; Human activity; global change; Observation data; Effect on climate; land cover; climate change; Anthropogenic factor; climate change; energy; carbon

The direct effects of land-cover change on surface climate are increasingly well understood, but fewer studies have investigated the consequences of the trend towards more intensive land management practices. Now, research investigating the biophysical effects of temperate land-management changes re...