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Type: Report
Editor(s): Richard A. Birdsey; Robert A. Mickler; David V. Sandberg; Richard Tinus; John I. Zerbe; Kelly O'Brian
Publication Date: 1997
The potential impacts on U.S. vegetation of carbon dioxide induced global warming were analyzed for sufficient effects, either positive or negative, that might require dramatic shifts in forest management policies. The Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System (MAPSS) was used to simulate vegetation distributions, and the results were compared with other ecological models to explore uncertainties.
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Citation: Neilson, R.; Chaney, J. 1997. Potential changes in the vegetation distribution in the United States. In: Birdsey, R.; Mickler, R.; Sandberg, D.; Tinus, R.; Zerbe, J.; O'Brian, K. (eds), USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program Highlights: 1991-1995: Global/Products/Review. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-GTR-237. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. p. 66-80.
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Keywords:
- climate change
- forest management
- global warming
- MAPSS - the Mapped Atmosphere Plant Soil System
- model comparison
- patterns
- vegetation distribution
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FRAMES Record Number: 6819