Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: climate impacts assessment, we present an evaluation of the vulnerability of important tree species, vegetation types, and resources of concern to projected climate change effects.Last, we present various adaptation actions to address climate change vulnerabilities.This chapter has six major sections.In the introductory section, we define terminology used throughout the chapter and provide background material on the details of the assessment including the scales, geographic areas, and pertinent information used to make our assessments.We discuss how to evaluate uncertainty in climate change projections and vegetation response.We also summarize the methods used to make projections of vegetation response to changing climate.The second section contains important ecological background information that was used to assess climate change impacts and projected climate change responses for 17 tree species, 5 forest vegetation types, and 3 resources of concern.The third section presents information on the tree species, types, or resources of concern that are important when evaluating climate change responses.In the fourth section, we rate the vulnerability of the species, vegetation types, and resources of concern to climate change using information from the third section.In the fifth section, we discuss adaptation strategies and management actions that can be used to address likely impacts of climate change.The final section is a concluding discussion.This chapter uses the best available information about climate change effects on vegetation in the Northern Rockies.We have integrated broad-scale modeling results with a detailed synthesis of climate change literature for the region.This chapter was written to aid land managers in addressing climate change effects on forest vegetation in land management planning and development of management strategies.This chapter does not include the detail needed to address climate change effects at the project level, but it does include valuable information and syntheses that can be used in project planning and in addressing broad concerns at large spatial scales.
Language: English
Topic: Forest Management and Policy
Subfield: Forestry
Domain: Life Sciences
SDGs: Life on land, Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2893931640