TY - JOUR A1 - Sommerfeld, Andreas A1 - Senf, Cornelius A1 - Buma, Brian A1 - D'Amato, Anthony W. A1 - Després, Tiphaine A1 - Díaz-Hormazábal, Ignacio A1 - Fraver, Shawn A1 - Frelich, Lee E. A1 - Gutiérrez, Álvaro G. A1 - Hart, Sarah J. A1 - Harvey, Brian J. A1 - He, Hong S. A1 - Hlásny, Tomáš A1 - Holz, Andrés A1 - Kitzberger, Thomas A1 - Kulakowski, Dominik A1 - Lindenmayer, David A1 - Mori, Akira S. A1 - Müller, Jörg A1 - Paritsis, Juan A1 - Perry, George L. W. A1 - Stephens, Scott L. A1 - Svoboda, Miroslav A1 - Turner, Monica G. A1 - Veblen, Thomas T. A1 - Seidl, Rupert T1 - Patterns and drivers of recent disturbances across the temperate forest biome T2 - Nature Communications N2 - Increasing evidence indicates that forest disturbances are changing in response to global change, yet local variability in disturbance remains high. We quantified this considerable variability and analyzed whether recent disturbance episodes around the globe were consistently driven by climate, and if human influence modulates patterns of forest disturbance. We combined remote sensing data on recent (2001–2014) disturbances with in-depth local information for 50 protected landscapes and their surroundings across the temperate biome. Disturbance patterns are highly variable, and shaped by variation in disturbance agents and traits of prevailing tree species. However, high disturbance activity is consistently linked to warmer and drier than average conditions across the globe. Disturbances in protected areas are smaller and more complex in shape compared to their surroundings affected by human land use. This signal disappears in areas with high recent natural disturbance activity, underlining the potential of climate-mediated disturbance to transform forest landscapes. KW - forest ecology KW - forestry Y1 - 2018 UR - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/opus4-wuerzburg/frontdoor/index/index/docId/23915 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-239157 VL - 9 ER -