The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded in its 1990 report (6) that climate change could result in polewardshifts in climate zones which control forest species distribution and potentially large losses from forest decline. The patterns of these changes depend not only on the responses of individual species, but also on the constraints of land use practices. Such forest responses could have major impacts on forest productivity, conservation management and availability of fuelwood.
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Smith, T.M., Shugart, H.H., Halpin, P.N. (1992). Computer Models of Forest Dynamics and Global Changes in the Environment. In: Teller, A., Mathy, P., Jeffers, J.N.R. (eds) Responses of Forest Ecosystems to Environmental Changes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2866-7_10
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