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Abstract (from CanadianSciencePub): Sustaining the structure, function, and services provided by forest ecosystems in the face of changing climate and disturbance regimes represents a grand challenge for forest managers and policy makers. To address this challenge, a range of adaptation approaches have been proposed centered on conferring ecosystem resilience and adaptive capacity; however, considerable uncertainty exists regarding how to translate these broad and often theoretical adaptation frameworks to on-the-ground practice. Complicating this issue has been movement away, in some cases, from other recent advances in forest management, namely ecological silviculture strategies that often focus on restoration....
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These data were compiled in order to represent long-term (multi-decadal) forest growth across eight different experimental forests in the United States, each with replicated levels of density treatments, as well as an important drought index correlated to growth. Forests around the world are experiencing severe droughts and elevated competitive intensity due to increased tree density. These data can be utilized to not only examine differences in within-stand competition, as well the trends and impact of drought in different forests across a broad climatic gradient, but also the influence of interactions between drought and competition on forest growth. Growth is measured as a treatment level, annual basal area increment...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Argonne Experimental Forest,
Arizona,
Bartlett Experimental Forest,
Birch Lake Experiment,
Black Hills Experimental Forest, All tags...
Black Hills National Forest,
Chequamegon National Forest,
Chippewa National Forest,
Climate,
Climatology,
Competition,
Cutfoot Experimental Forest,
Data Visualization & Tools,
Dendrochronology,
Drought,
Drought,
Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather,
Flagstaff,
Forest Density,
Forest Health,
Forestry,
Forests,
Fort Valley Experimental Forest,
Landscapes,
Maine,
Minnesota,
National CASC,
New Hampshire,
Nicolet National Forest,
Ohio,
Orono,
Penobscot Experimental Forest,
Resilience,
Resistance,
Science Tools For Managers,
Silviculture,
South Dakota,
Superior National Forest,
Taylor Woods,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest,
White Mountain National Forest,
Wisconsin, Fewer tags
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Abstract (from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12847/full): Climate models predict increasing drought intensity and frequency for many regions, which may have negative consequences for tree recruitment, growth and mortality, as well as forest ecosystem services. Furthermore, practical strategies for minimizing vulnerability to drought are limited. Tree population density, a metric of tree abundance in a given area, is a primary driver of competitive intensity among trees, which influences tree growth and mortality. Manipulating tree population density may be a mechanism for moderating drought-induced stress and growth reductions, although the relationship between tree population density and...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Data Visualization & Tools,
Drought,
Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather,
Forests,
Landscapes, All tags...
National CASC,
Pinus ponderosa,
Pinus resinosa,
Science Tools For Managers,
climate change adaptation,
drought impacts,
ecosystem services,
semi-arid forests,
temperate forests,
thinning,
tree population densisty, Fewer tags
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Abstract (from Ecological Applications): Black ash wetlands cover approximately 1.2 million ha of wetland forest in the western Great Lakes region, providing critical habitat for wildlife. The future of these wetlands is critically threatened by a variety of factors, including emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis; emerald ash borer [EAB]), which has been eliminating native populations of otherwise healthy ash throughout the Great Lakes region since it was discovered in 2002. To quantify the potential impacts of tree mortality from EAB on wildlife communities, we measured seasonal bird, mammal, and amphibian diversity in black ash wetlands using a dual approach: (1) documenting bird and amphibian species across...
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The emerald ash borer (EAB) poses a tremendous threat to ash forest habitats across the upper Great Lakes. Of particular concern is the impact EAB will have on the ecology and functioning of black ash ( Fraxinus nigra) forested wetlands, which cover over 500,000 ha in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and represent the region’s most common ash forest habitat. Black ash often occurs in relatively pure stands on poorly drained sites where it serves as a foundation species exerting a strong control over ecosystem structure and functioning. Correspondingly, extirpation of this species by EAB could have negative cascading effects, including dramatic rises in water tables and shifts in vegetation composition towards...
Categories: Data;
Tags: 2014,
Conservation NGOs,
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE,
Federal resource managers,
Informing Conservation Delivery, All tags...
LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Private land owners,
Report,
Report,
State agencies,
Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
black ash,
completed,
emerald ash borer,
environment,
environment,
forests, Fewer tags
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