Forest reorganization sustains carbon sequestration under climate change

Forests currently mitigate anthropogenic climate change by sequestering substantial amounts of carbon, but future carbon dynamics are expected to vary across the temperate forest biome. Previously cold-limited ecosystems with low disturbance activity could increase their carbon uptake while water-limited ecosystems with high disturbance activity could become a carbon source to the atmosphere. However, forests dynamically adapt to changing climate and disturbance regimes by reorganizing their composition and structure, with unclear consequences for future carbon dynamics. We asked how the carbon dynamics of reorganizing forests differ from those of resilient forests, i.e., forests that conserve their composition and structure under climate change, and how shifts in composition and structure drive future forest carbon. We simulated long-term forest and carbon dynamics under current and future climate for three contrasting temperate forest national parks, spanning a gradient from low distu..., , # Forest reorganization sustains carbon sequestration under climate change

## Description of the data

We used the individual-based forest landscape and disturbance model iLand to simulate long-term forest and carbon dynamics under current and future climate for three contrasting temperate forest national parks (Shiretoko, JP: low disturbance activity; Berchtesgaden, DE: intermediate disturbance activity; Grand Teton, US: high disturbance activity).

### Input files

All input files needed to replicate the simulations for the three landscapes in iLand ([https://iland-model.org/](https://iland-model.org/)) are available in this Zendodo repository*: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13842317](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13842317)

Folder name (n=3): \"iLand_project\" [landscape]; separated with \"_\"

* project files (.xml): one for running scenarios without climate change (\"baseline\"), one for running scenarios with climate change (\"change\")
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