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34. Climate Change, Biodiversity and Forest Genetic Resources: A Bulgarian Perspective

Authors : Petar Zhelev, Ina Y. Aneva

Published in: Forests of Southeast Europe Under a Changing Climate

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Climate change is predicted to have substantial effect on all components of biodiversity. The chapter presents a brief survey on the biodiversity in Bulgaria and its conservation. The impact of climate change on the biological diversity and on forests will provoke different and individual reactions of the species and ecosystems. These reactions will vary depending on the intrinsic biological characteristics of the species and ecosystems and on the particular environmental conditions. Biological diversity in Bulgaria is reviewed at different hierarchical levels, with particular reference to forest biodiversity and genetic resources. The high genetic diversity in the forest tree populations is a prerequisite for their successful adaptation to future environmental changes.

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Title: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Forest Genetic Resources: A Bulgarian Perspective
Authors: Petar Zhelev
Ina Y. Aneva
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Forests of Southeast Europe Under a Changing Climate
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-95266-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-95267-3

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95267-3_34