Forest management for carbon sequestration and climate adaptation

TA Ontl, MK Janowiak, CW Swanston, J Daley… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The importance of forests for sequestering carbon has created widespread interest among
land managers for identifying actions that maintain or enhance carbon storage in forests …

The Acadian Forest of New Brunswick in the 21st century: what shifting heat and water balance imply for future stand dynamics and management

C Albert, AR Taylor, T Logan… - Environmental …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Climate change is altering the dynamics of New Brunswick's forests. To mitigate the effects
of climate change, it is crucial to account for future uncertainties in climate projections and …

Forest-clearing to create early-successional habitats: Questionable benefits, significant costs

MJ Kellett, JE Maloof, SA Masino, LE Frelich… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A campaign is underway to clear established forests and expand early-successional
habitats—also called young forest, pre-forest, early seral, or open habitats—with the …

Monitoring fine-scale forest health using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) multispectral models

BT Fraser, RG Congalton - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forest disturbances—driven by pests, pathogens, and discrete events—have led to billions
of dollars in lost ecosystem services and management costs. To understand the patterns and …

New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 08: Society and Economy

L Aguirre‐Torres, R Leichenko, M Austerman, D Balk… - 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is affecting or will affect the lives of every resident of New York State. This
chapter examines the impacts of climate change on five critical areas in the state …

New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 05: Ecosystems

SS Hess, DA Burns, FG Boudinot, C Brown‐Lima… - 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The people of New York have long benefited from the state's diversity of
ecosystems, which range from coastal shorelines and wetlands to extensive forests and …

Ecological memory and regional context influence performance of adaptation plantings in northeastern US temperate forests

PW Clark, AW D'Amato, KS Evans… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models predict shifts in forest habitat in response to warming
temperatures associated with climate change, yet tree migration rates lag climate change …

Canopy gaps facilitate upslope shifts in montane conifers but not in temperate deciduous trees in the Northeastern United States

JC Tourville, JW Wason, M Dovciak - Journal of Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many montane tree species are expected to migrate upslope as climate warms, but it is not
clear if forest canopy gaps, which can facilitate tree seedling recruitment, serve as an …

Advancing management of urban forested natural areas: toward an urban silviculture?

MR Piana, CC Pregitzer… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cities worldwide are engaging in large‐scale greening projects motivated by the wide range
of documented ecological, economic, and social benefits of urban forests. Urban forested …

Analysis of climate change impacts on tree species of the eastern US: Results of DISTRIB-II modeling

LR Iverson, MP Peters, AM Prasad, SN Matthews - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Forests across the globe are faced with a rapidly changing climate and an enhanced
understanding of how these changing conditions may impact these vital resources is …