Webinar: Forest dynamics under global change: temporal perspectives with observational approaches

Speaker: Dr. Paloma Ruiz Benito, Universidad del Alcalá

Forest dynamics include a wide variety of demographic processes though the life cycle of trees, from dispersion and regeneration to tree growth and mortality. Observational approaches using existing data at large spatial extents are highly representative of the reality and, therefore, required to further understand patterns of forest dynamics and the underlying processes. However, to understand responses to global change several challenges arise. 

We discuss how the interactive effects of multiple factors, the need for temporal perspectives and approach used is critical to further understand and predict forest responses to climate change.