Projection of impacts of climate change on windthrows and evaluation of potential adaptation measures in forest management: A case study from empirical modelling of windthrows in Hokkaido, Japan, by Typhoon Songda (2004)
| Autor: | Kosuke Nakagawa, Yasuto Furukawa, Masahiro Aiba, Rui Ito, Tetsuya Takemi, Junko Morimoto, Yoshio Mishima, Kenta Ogawa, Michio Oguro, Kohei Takenaka Takano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Hydrology
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences business.industry 0208 environmental biotechnology Forest management Environmental resource management Empirical modelling random forest modelling Climate change 02 engineering and technology 01 natural sciences 020801 environmental engineering windthrow risk maximum wind speed machine learning forest vulnerability Typhoon Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Environmental science typhoon hazards Projection (set theory) business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Hydrological Research Letters. 10:132-138 |
| ISSN: | 1882-3416 |
| Popis: | A windthrow refers to the uprooting and overthrowing of trees by the wind. Typhoons are a major cause of windthrows in Japan and are predicted to intensify under global warming. This study aimed to estimate the impact of climate change on windthrows and evaluate possible adaptation measures for sustainable forest management. We incorporated Typhoon Songda (2004) simulation experiments under current and pseudo-global warming (2075–2099, RCP 8.5 scenario) conditions with windthrow modelling in four natural and four artificial (Abies sachalinensis, Pinaceae) forests of Hokkaido. Unexpectedly, pseudo-global warming conditions decreased windthrow probabilities compared with current conditions for both forest types, presumably because wind speeds of the simulated typhoon weakened in Japan’s high-latitude regions. Our results indicate that reconversion of artificial forests into natural forests largely decreased windthrow probability, providing a potential adaptation measure for improved forest management. To fully understand the range of climate-change effects on windthrow in Japan, future studies should use different climate scenarios and data from other typhoons, geographical regions, and forest types. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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