Swedish forestry in the future - the effects of climate warming on future tree species in mixtures

Forestry in Sweden faces many future challenges, primarily related to tree species choice, mixed species forestry and response of forests to climate change. Mixed species forestry may become important for Swedish forestry as a means to adapt to global change. Therefore, research related to the productivity of tree species in mixtures under climate warming is critical. At the same time, investigating the responses of other potential commercial tree species besides Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris to climate warming and their interactions with current commercial tree species in mixtures will be important for informing future management decisions. Therefore, for this project we aim to understand the effects of climate warming on commercial tree species in mixtures. There is also a possibility to investigate tree species traits and their responses to elevated temperature.

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Swedish forestry in the future.pdf