Sentences with phrase «abiotic disturbances»

As the planet enters a phase of human - induced climate change of unprecedented speed and magnitude, however, previously locally - adapted populations are rendered less suitable for new conditions, and «natural» biotic and abiotic disturbances are taken outside their historic distribution, frequency and intensity ranges.

The document recommends the use of adaptive forest management to protect forest resources against increasing abiotic disturbances, and calls for the use of strategies such as species diversification, windbreaks and mixed cropping patterns to enhance ecosystem resilience, as well as selective planting.