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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): M. Johnston; T. Williamson
Publication Date: 2005

We explore the effects of climate change on future stand yields and future area burned, and integrate these to determine future Soil Expectation Values (SEV) for white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) in central Saskatchewan. The results suggest that under most future scenarios, stand productivity increases, but decreases under extreme drought. However, projected increases in area burned offset these productivity increases. Under high levels of future area burned, SEV is lower than current values, resulting in a negative economic impact. We also find that the optimal economic rotation age under future climate is lower than that under present climatic conditions. © The Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut Forestier du Canada. Abstract reproduced by permission.

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Citation: Johnston, M., and T. Williamson. 2005. Climate change implications for stand yields and soil expectation values: a northern Saskatchewan case study. Forestry Chronicle, v. 81, no. 5, p. 683-690.

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Keywords:
  • adaptation
  • Canada
  • carbon dioxide
  • climate change impacts
  • Co2 Fertilization
  • coniferous forests
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • fertilization
  • fire cycles
  • fire frequency
  • fire management
  • forest ecosystem models
  • forest management
  • optimal economic rotation
  • Picea glauca
  • PnET
  • Saskatchewan
  • soil expectation values
  • stand yield effects
  • statistical analysis
  • stomatal control
  • white spruce
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 26980Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Fire FileAbstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 50381

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