Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions

SJ Prichard, PF Hessburg, RK Hagmann… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We review science‐based adaptation strategies for western North American (wNA) forests
that include restoring active fire regimes and fostering resilient structure and composition of …

Changing wildfire, changing forests: the effects of climate change on fire regimes and vegetation in the Pacific Northwest, USA

JE Halofsky, DL Peterson, BJ Harvey - Fire Ecology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and
western Montana, USA) have been immense in recent years, capturing the attention of …

The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States

JS Clark, L Iverson, CW Woodall, CD Allen… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesize insights from current understanding of drought impacts at stand‐to‐
biogeographic scales, including management options, and we identify challenges to be …

Potential of forest thinning to mitigate drought stress: A meta-analysis

JA Sohn, S Saha, J Bauhus - Forest Ecology and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Increasing frequency of extremely dry and hot summers in some regions emphasise the
need for silvicultural approaches to increase the drought tolerance of existing forests in the …

Climate change impacts and adaptation in forest management: a review

RJ Keenan - Annals of forest science, 2015 - Springer
Key message Adaptation of forest management to climate change requires an
understanding of the effects of climate on forests, industries and communities; prediction of …

Time to get moving: assisted gene flow of forest trees

SN Aitken, JB Bemmels - Evolutionary applications, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Geographic variation in trees has been investigated since the mid‐18th century. Similar
patterns of clinal variation have been observed along latitudinal and elevational gradients in …

Shifting the conservation paradigm: a synthesis of options for renovating nature under climate change

SM Prober, VAJ Doerr, LM Broadhurst… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in Earth's climate are accelerating, prompting increasing calls to ensure
that investments in ecological restoration and nature conservation accommodate such …

Functional traits and adaptive capacity of European forests to climate change

F Bussotti, M Pollastrini, V Holland… - … and Experimental Botany, 2015 - Elsevier
Increasing temperatures and drought risks through climate change are expected to have
several consequences for European forests. Adaptive strategies may include:(i) persistence …

Preparing for climate change: forestry and assisted migration

MI Williams, RK Dumroese - Journal of Forestry, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Although plants have moved across the landscape in response to changing climate for
millennia, projections of contemporary climate change suggest that forest tree species and …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic considerations in ecosystem restoration using native tree species

E Thomas, R Jalonen, J Loo, D Boshier, L Gallo… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Rehabilitation and restoration of forest ecosystems are in growing demand to tackle climate
change, biodiversity loss and desertification—major environmental problems of our time …