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Sep 20 - 21 2019 PDT

Conferences and Symposia

Location

University of California, Merced
5200 North Lake Rd. Merced, CA 95343

Co-Sponsored by The Sierra Nevada Research Institute and Western North American Naturalist.

This symposium will focus on the responses of Sierra Nevada forest organisms and ecosystems to increasing climate stresses. Talks and posters featuring either formal scientific studies, well-documented natural history observations,  forest-adjacent ecosystems such as meadows and rivers are also welcome

Potential topics could include:
- Influence of climate change on fire frequency, intensity, and/or species responses to fire
- Effects of total precipitation vs. snow amount on vegetation and streamflow
- Tree reproduction and seedling recruitment under changing conditions
- Animal responses to increasing temperature and drought
- Conservation genetics of keystone or rare Sierra Nevada species under climate change
- Dispersal ability and connectivity between protected areas under climate change
- Public understanding of climate change impacts on the Sierra Nevada mountains
- Challenges in managing species/ecosystems under changing condition, or 
    techniques for doing so- ....and many others!