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]]> Seidl, R. et al. 2018. Harnessing landscape heterogeneity for managing future disturbance risks in forest ecosystems. – Journal of Environmental Management 209: 46–56. link

This paper explores disturbances impacts in a forest landscape in the Northern Front Range of the Alps in Austria  and shows that:

• Climate change increases disturbances from wind and bark beetles by +39.5%
• Promoting mixed forests and climate-adapted species reduces disturbance risk.
• The spatial distribution of disturbance risk on the landscape is highly uneven.
• Differences in the contribution to and control of risk can inform risk response.
• Heterogeneity helps to address both positive and negative effects of disturbance.

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