Niches, models, and climate change: assessing the assumptions and uncertainties

JA Wiens, D Stralberg, D Jongsomjit… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
As the rate and magnitude of climate change accelerate, understanding the consequences
becomes increasingly important. Species distribution models (SDMs) based on current …

Watershed modeling and its applications: A state-of-the-art review

EB Daniel, JV Camp, EJ LeBoeuf… - The Open Hydrology …, 2011 - benthamopen.com
Advances in the understanding of physical, chemical, and biological processes influencing
water quality, coupled with improvements in the collection and analysis of hydrologic data …

Locally downscaled and spatially customizable climate data for historical and future periods for North America

T Wang, A Hamann, D Spittlehouse, C Carroll - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Large volumes of gridded climate data have become available in recent years including
interpolated historical data from weather stations and future predictions from general …

Soil moisture is the major factor influencing microbial community structure and enzyme activities across seven biogeoclimatic zones in western Canada

BFT Brockett, CE Prescott, SJ Grayston - Soil biology and biochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Although soil microorganisms play a central role in the soil processes that determine nutrient
availability and productivity of forest ecosystems, we are only beginning to understand how …

A multi-model and multi-index evaluation of drought characteristics in the 21st century

D Touma, M Ashfaq, MA Nayak, SC Kao… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Drought is a natural hazard that can have severe and long-lasting impacts on natural and
human systems. Although increases in global greenhouse forcing are expected to change …

ClimateWNA—high-resolution spatial climate data for western North America

T Wang, A Hamann, DL Spittlehouse… - Journal of Applied …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study addresses the need to provide comprehensive historical climate data and climate
change projections at a scale suitable for, and readily accessible to, researchers and …

Adaptation, migration or extirpation: climate change outcomes for tree populations

SN Aitken, S Yeaman, JA Holliday… - Evolutionary …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models predict a wholesale redistribution of trees in the next century, yet
migratory responses necessary to spatially track climates far exceed maximum post‐glacial …

Potential effects of climate change on ecosystem and tree species distribution in British Columbia

A Hamann, T Wang - Ecology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
A new ecosystem‐based climate envelope modeling approach was applied to assess
potential climate change impacts on forest communities and tree species. Four orthogonal …

Half-century evidence from western Canada shows forest dynamics are primarily driven by competition followed by climate

J Zhang, S Huang, F He - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Tree mortality, growth, and recruitment are essential components of forest dynamics and
resiliency, for which there is great concern as climate change progresses at high latitudes …

ClimateEU, scale-free climate normals, historical time series, and future projections for Europe

M Marchi, D Castellanos-Acuña, A Hamann, T Wang… - Scientific Data, 2020 - nature.com
Interpolated climate data have become essential for regional or local climate change impact
assessments and the development of climate change adaptation strategies. Here, we …