A review of sudden aspen decline will illustrate anticipated impacts of climate change on forests. Bioclimate modeling will be briefly introduced as a means of approximately quantifying and mapping those impacts. These models, optimized for a local planning area such as a national forest, can be used as part of a practical strategy of adapting forests to climate change, allocating treatments where they will be most efficient and effective into the foreseeable future. A case study of aspen and spruce in southwestern Colorado will illustrate the strategy.
Media Record Details
Dec 9, 2014
Jim Worrall
Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire & Climate
Management Approaches
Management Approaches
Ecosystem(s):
Subalpine dry spruce-fir forest, Aspen woodland
NRFSN number: 13335
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