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Hély, Flannigan, Bergeron, McRae
Spring and summer simulations were carried out using the Canadian Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) and U.S. BEHAVE systems to study the role of vegetation and weather on fire behavior in the mixedwood boreal forest. Stands at Lake Duparquet (Quebec,…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Natural fire frequency for the eastern Canadian boreal forest: consequences for sustainable forestry
Bergeron, Gauthier, Kafka, Lefort, LesieurGiven that fire is the most important disturbance of the boreal forest, climatically induced changes in fire frequency (i.e., area burnt per year) can have important consequences on the resulting forest mosaic age-class distribution and composition…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Kitzberger, Swetnam, Veblen
Fire histories were compared between the south-western United States and northern Patagonia, Argentina using both documentary records (1914–87 and 1938–96, respectively) and tree-ring reconstructions over the past several centuries. The two regions…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Malcolm, Markham, Neilson
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Joyce, Aber, McNulty, Dale, Hansen, Irland, Neilson, Skog
Forests cover nearly one-third of the US,providing wildlife habitat, clean air and water, cultural and aesthetic values,carbon storage, recreational opportunities such as hiking, camping, fishing,and autumn leaf tours,and products that can be…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Hansen, Neilson, Dale, Flather, Iverson, Currie, Shafer, Cook, Bartlein
This article serves as a primer on forest biodiversity as a key component of global change. We first synthesize current knowledge of interactions among climate, land use, and biodiversity. We then summarize the results of new analyses on the…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Dale, Joyce, McNulty, Neilson, Ayres, Flannigan, Hanson, Irland, Lugo, Peterson, Simberloff, Swanson, Stocks, Wotton
This article examines how eight disturbances influence forest structure, composition, and function, and how climate change may influence the severity, frequency, and magnitude of disturbances to forests. We focus on examples from the United States,…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Bachelet, Neilson, Lenihan, Drapek
The Kyoto protocol has focused the attention of the public and policy markers on the earth's carbon (C) budget. Previous estimates of the impacts of vegetation change have been limited to equilibrium 'snapshots' that could not capture nonlinear or…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Bachelet, Lenihan, Daly, Neilson, Ojima, Parton
Assessments of vegetation response to climate change have generally been made only by equilibrium vegetation models that predict vegetation composition under steady-state conditions. These models do not simulate either ecosystem biogeochemical…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Aber, Neilson, McNulty, Lenihan, Bachelet, Drapek
The purpose of this article is to review the state of prediction of forest ecosystem response to envisioned changes in the physical and chemical climate. These results are offered as one part of the forest sector analysis of the National Assessment…
Year: 2001
Type: Document