Global change and terrestrial plant community dynamics

J Franklin, JM Serra-Diaz… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Anthropogenic drivers of global change include rising atmospheric concentrations of carbon
dioxide and other greenhouse gasses and resulting changes in the climate, as well as …

Climate–vegetation–fire interactions and feedbacks: trivial detail or major barrier to projecting the future of the Earth system?

RMB Harris, TA Remenyi, GJ Williamson… - Wiley …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is a complex process involving interactions and feedbacks between biological,
socioeconomic, and physical drivers across multiple spatial and temporal scales. This …

Global environmental change effects on ecosystems: The importance of land‐use legacies

MP Perring, P De Frenne, L Baeten… - Global Change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
One of the major challenges in ecology is to predict how multiple global environmental
changes will affect future ecosystem patterns (eg plant community composition) and …

State-and-transition models: conceptual versus simulation perspectives, usefulness and breadth of use, and land management applications

L Provencher, L Frid, C Czembor… - Exotic Brome-Grasses in …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract State-and-Transition Simulation Modeling (STSM) is a quantitative analysis method
that can consolidate a wide array of resource management issues under a “what-if” scenario …

Collaborative scenario modeling reveals potential advantages of blending strategies to achieve conservation goals in a working forest landscape

JM Price, J Silbernagel, K Nixon, A Swearingen… - Landscape …, 2016 - Springer
Context Broad-scale land conservation and management often involve applying multiple
strategies in a single landscape. However, the potential outcomes of such arrangements …