Adaptation and mitigation in tropical tree plantations

Laclau J.P., Gay F., Bouillet J.P., Bouvet J.M., Chaix G., Clément-Demange A., Do F.C., Epron D., Favreau B., Gion J.M., Nouvellon Y., Pujade-Renaud V., Thaler P., Verhaegen D., Vigneron P.
2016

Tropical tree plantations are rapidly expanding to meet the growing demand for wood and nonwood forest products. Current research-combining ecophysiology, genetics and functional genomics-aims to enhance the climate change mitigation role of these plantations and their adaptation. The positive effect of the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration on photosynthesis could boost biomass ...

Météorologie et climatologie; Production forestière