Climate Change and United States Forests

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Peterson, David L. (Editor), Vose, James M. (Editor), Patel-Weynand, Toral (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Advances in Global Change Research, 57
• Subjects: Environment.; Fossil fuels.; Science.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Ecosystems.; Climate change.; Social sciences.; Climate Change.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Social Sciences, general.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).; Science, general.

This volume offers a scientific assessment of the effects of climatic variability and change on forest resources in the United States. Derived from a report that provides technical input to the 2013 U.S. Global Change Research Program National Climate Assessment, the book serves as a framework for m...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Seeking the Climate Change Signal
• Chapter 1 Recent Changes in Climate and Forest Ecosystems
• Chapter 2 Projected Changes in Future Climate
• Part II Effects of Climatic Variability and Change
• Chapter 3 Forest Processes
• Chapter 4 Disturbance Regimes and Stressors
• Chapter 5 Climate Change and Forest Values
• Chapter 6 Regional Highlights of Climate Change
• Part III Responding to Climate Change
• Chapter 7 Managing Carbon
• Chapter 8 Adapting to Climate Change
• Chapter 9 Risk Assessment
• Part IV Scientific Issues and Priorities
• Chapter 10 Research and Assessment in the 21st Century
• Index.                                      .