Changing Climate, Changing Forests: The Impacts of Climate Change on Forests of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781505826982)

Decades of study on climatic change and its direct and indirect effects on forest ecosystems provide important insights for forest science, management, and policy. A synthesis of recent research from the northeastern United States and eastern Canada shows that the climate of the region has become warmer and wetter over the past 100 years and that there are more extreme precipitation events. Greater change is projected in the future. The amount of projected future change depends on the emissions scenarios used. Tree species composition of northeast forests has shifted slowly in response to climate for thousands of years. However, current human-accelerated climate change is much more rapid and it is unclear how forests will respond to large changes in suitable habitat. Projections indicate signifi cant declines in suitable habitat for spruce-fi r forests and expansion of suitable habitat for oak-dominated forests.

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN-10: 1505826985
ISBN-13: 9781505826982
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/02/2015
Pages: 56
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.12d