Forest Ecosystems

Table 3 Paludification level (% of the territory) of the Gordon Cosens forest according to the base index and the combination of the base index with climate change

From: Forecasting the development of boreal paludified forests in response to climate change: a case study using Ontario ecosite classification

Paludification level		Base index			Base index + climate change
Paludification level	Current ¹	2041	2071	2100	2041	2071	2100
Not paludified	57.8	57.8	46.1	31.4	57.8	57.8	57.8
Nearly paludified	0.0	0.0	11.7	26.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Paludified	42.2	42.2	42.2	42.2	42.2	42.2	42.2

¹Based on the Ontario’s 2004 Forest Resource Inventory.

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