Research Article

Some important parameters to display the effects of climate change on forest: a case study in Cerle planning unit, Antalya, Turkey

Volume: 21 Number: 1 March 15, 2020
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Some important parameters to display the effects of climate change on forest: a case study in Cerle planning unit, Antalya, Turkey

Abstract

Climate change is one of the most detrimental issues of the earth in this century. It is evident that a change in climate parameters would affect considerably the entire global ecosystem’s environment. On the other hand, different forest related parameters such as natural disaster occurrence or land cover change of forest ecosystems could also help to understand the effects of climate change besides climate parameters such as temperature, precipitation or relative humidity. Therefore, in this study, selected parameters describing climate change were tried to display in a Mediterranean forest planning unit called “Cerle” located in Antalya. Firstly, trend analysis was carried out using climate parameters in the selected study area to detect the amount of climate change. Then, different natural disaster occurrences such as forest fire, windstorm, insects and pest attack evolution were displayed over a period of 30 to 50 years. Spatiotemporal changes for the same period were also tried to be demonstrated, based on historical and actual maps to identify the impact of climate change on the structure and composition of forest ecosystems. In brief, Mann-Kendall test results showed significant increasing trends in annual mean temperature and precipitation. Moreover, the natural development of crimean pine as a result of land use change analysis, as well as the increasing frequency of wildfires and windstorm leading to salvage cutting have been interpreted as the impact of climate change. It is concluded that changes in selected climate parameters are very important to display the climate change digitally. The outputs of this study could help in future forest management planning decisions and determination of silvicultural prescriptions. Furthermore, the obtained results might be the basis for the integration of climate change to forest management planning related to future climate projections and scenarios.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Forest Industry Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 15, 2020

Submission Date

February 15, 2019

Acceptance Date

January 7, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 21 Number: 1

APA
Fosso, L. C., & Karahalıl, U. (2020). Some important parameters to display the effects of climate change on forest: a case study in Cerle planning unit, Antalya, Turkey. Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 21(1), 45-58. https://doi.org/10.17474/artvinofd.527802
AMA
1.Fosso LC, Karahalıl U. Some important parameters to display the effects of climate change on forest: a case study in Cerle planning unit, Antalya, Turkey. ACUJFF. 2020;21(1):45-58. doi:10.17474/artvinofd.527802
Chicago
Fosso, Lionel Constantin, and Uzay Karahalıl. 2020. “Some Important Parameters to Display the Effects of Climate Change on Forest: A Case Study in Cerle Planning Unit, Antalya, Turkey”. Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi 21 (1): 45-58. https://doi.org/10.17474/artvinofd.527802.
EndNote
Fosso LC, Karahalıl U (March 1, 2020) Some important parameters to display the effects of climate change on forest: a case study in Cerle planning unit, Antalya, Turkey. Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi 21 1 45–58.
IEEE
[1]L. C. Fosso and U. Karahalıl, “Some important parameters to display the effects of climate change on forest: a case study in Cerle planning unit, Antalya, Turkey”, ACUJFF, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 45–58, Mar. 2020, doi: 10.17474/artvinofd.527802.
ISNAD
Fosso, Lionel Constantin - Karahalıl, Uzay. “Some Important Parameters to Display the Effects of Climate Change on Forest: A Case Study in Cerle Planning Unit, Antalya, Turkey”. Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi 21/1 (March 1, 2020): 45-58. https://doi.org/10.17474/artvinofd.527802.
JAMA
1.Fosso LC, Karahalıl U. Some important parameters to display the effects of climate change on forest: a case study in Cerle planning unit, Antalya, Turkey. ACUJFF. 2020;21:45–58.
MLA
Fosso, Lionel Constantin, and Uzay Karahalıl. “Some Important Parameters to Display the Effects of Climate Change on Forest: A Case Study in Cerle Planning Unit, Antalya, Turkey”. Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 21, no. 1, Mar. 2020, pp. 45-58, doi:10.17474/artvinofd.527802.
Vancouver
1.Lionel Constantin Fosso, Uzay Karahalıl. Some important parameters to display the effects of climate change on forest: a case study in Cerle planning unit, Antalya, Turkey. ACUJFF. 2020 Mar. 1;21(1):45-58. doi:10.17474/artvinofd.527802

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