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Keane, Schoettle
Many ecologically important, five-needle white pine forests that historically dominated the high elevation landscapes of western North America are now being heavily impacted by mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus spp.) outbreaks, the exotic disease…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Coop, Schoettle
Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata Engelm) and limber pine (P. fexilis James) are high-elevation, five-needle pines of the southern Rocky Mountains. The pre-settlement role of fire in bristlecone and limber pine forests remains the…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Campbell, Keane, Larson, Murray, Schoettle, Wong
This paper synthesizes existing information about the disturbance ecology of high-elevation five-needle pine ecosystems, describing disturbances regimes, how they are changing or are expected to change, and the implications for ecosystem persistence…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Tomback, Achuff, Schoettle, Schwandt, Mastrogiuseppe
The High Five symposium is devoted to exchanging information about a small group of pines with little commercial value but great importance to the ecology of high-mountain ecosystems of the West. These High Five pines include the subalpine and…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
High elevation five-needle pines are rapidly declining throughout North America. The six species, whitebark (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.), limber (P. flexilis James), southwestern white (P. strobiformis Engelm.), foxtail (P. balfouriana Grev. &…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Peterson, Millar, Joyce, Furniss, Halofsky, Neilson, Morelli
This guidebook contains science-based principles, processes, and tools necessary to assist with developing adaptation options for national forest lands. The adaptation process is based on partnerships between local resource managers and scientists…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Luce, Morgan, Dwire, Buffington, Rieman, Holden, Dare, Isaak, McGrath
Fire will be the proverbial eye-of-the-needle through which many western U.S. mountain, forest, and stream ecosystems will pass as the climate changes. Historic observations show increased dryness and temperatures accompanying more widespread fire…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Sommers, Coloff, Conard
This report synthesizes available fire history and climate change scientific knowledge to aid managers with fire decisions in the face of ongoing 21st Century climate change. Fire history and climate change (FHCC) have been ongoing for over 400…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Peterson, Halofsky, Johnson
Planning and management for the expected effects of climate change on natural resources are just now beginning in the western United States (U.S.), where the majority of public lands are located. Federal and state agencies have been slow to address…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
McKenzie, Littell
Disturbance interactions, and interactions between global warming and human-caused stresses, may compromise the ability of wilderness areas to respond to climate change according to a new paper in the International Journal of Wilderness. A major…
Year: 2011
Type: Document