Results AGB increased from 2000 to 2120 irrespective of climate scenario, followed by slight decline, but then increased again to 2300. We analyzed the effects of climate change on AGB and tree species distribution.
Methods We used the LANDIS PRO forest landscape model to simulate forest succession and tree harvest under current climate and three climate change scenarios from 2000 to 2300. Objective We addressed how aboveground biomass (AGB) and tree species distribution changed under multiple climate change scenarios (PCM B1, CGCM A2, and GFDL A1FI) in northeastern forests. Climate change will affect forest distribution and structure and have important implications for biodiversity, carbon dynamics, and human well-being.
Context Forests in the northeastern United States are currently in early-and mid-successional stages recovering from historical land use.
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