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106 Chapter 4<br />

At <strong>the</strong> site Bever (Fig. 4.10) no strong changes occur as compared to <strong>the</strong> E/P model. L.<br />

decidua is somewhat more abundant; consider<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> abundance <strong>of</strong> larch <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> current<br />

forests on sou<strong>the</strong>rn slopes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> area, this <strong>in</strong>crease is quite plausible.<br />

600<br />

Bern<br />

(P)<br />

Ulmus scabra<br />

500<br />

Quercus robur<br />

Quercus petraea<br />

Biomass (t/ha)<br />

400<br />

300<br />

200<br />

100<br />

0<br />

0<br />

400<br />

Year<br />

800<br />

1200<br />

Populus nigra<br />

Frax<strong>in</strong>us excelsior<br />

Fagus silvatica<br />

Castanea sativa<br />

Betula pendula<br />

Acer pseudoplatanus<br />

Acer platanoides<br />

Picea excelsa<br />

Larix decidua<br />

Abies alba<br />

600<br />

Sion<br />

(P)<br />

500<br />

Biomass (t/ha)<br />

400<br />

300<br />

200<br />

Tilia cordata<br />

Quercus robur<br />

Quercus pubescens<br />

Castanea sativa<br />

Taxus baccata<br />

P<strong>in</strong>us silvestris<br />

100<br />

0<br />

0<br />

400<br />

Year<br />

800<br />

1200<br />

Fig. 4.7: Average species composition from 200 forest patches simulated by <strong>the</strong> FORCLIM-P<br />

model <strong>in</strong> isolation, assum<strong>in</strong>g a nutrient-rich soil and a constant abiotic environment at <strong>the</strong> sites<br />

Bern (top) and Sion (bottom).

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