A Risk Assessment Of Climate Change And The Impact Of Forest Diseases On Forest Ecosystems In The Western United States And Canada

Author : John T. Kliejunas,U.s. Department of Agriculture,Forest Service
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1480146838

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A Risk Assessment of Climate Change and the Impact of Forest Diseases on Forest Ecosystems in the Western United States and Canada by John T. Kliejunas,U.s. Department of Agriculture,Forest Service Pdf

This risk assessment projects the effects of eight forest diseases under two climate-change scenarios (warmer and drier, warmer and wetter). Examples are used to describe how various types of forest diseases may respond to environmental changes. The likelihood and consequences of increased damage to forests from each disease as a result of climate change are analyzed and assigned a risk value of high, moderate, or low. The risk value is based on available biological information and subjective judgment. Forest diseases discussed in this publication include foliar diseases, Phytophthora diseases, stem rusts, canker diseases, dwarf mistletoes, root diseases, and yellow-cedar decline. Although results suggest that climate change will affect forest health, uncertainty arises regarding the degree of climate change that will occur; pathogen biology under changing climate; the effects of changing climate directly on the host; and the interactions between the pathogen, host, and climate.

Author : Kilejunas
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1507527128

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A Risk Assessment of Climate Change and the Impact of Forest Diseases on Forest Ecosystems in the Western Untied States and Canda by Kilejunas Pdf

This risk assessment projects the effect of eight forest diseases under two climate change scenarios. Examples are used to describe how various types of forest diseases may respond to environmental changes. The likelihood and consequences of increased damage to forests from each disease as a result of climate change are analyzed and assigned a risk value of high, moderate, or low. The risk value is based on available biological information and subjective judgement.

Author : Jessica Halofsky,David L. Peterson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319569284

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Climate Change and Rocky Mountain Ecosystems by Jessica Halofsky,David L. Peterson Pdf

This book is the result of a team of approximately 100 scientists and resource managers who worked together for two years to understand the effects of climatic variability and change on water resources, fisheries, forest vegetation, non-forest vegetation, wildlife, recreation, cultural resources and ecosystem services. Adaptation options, both strategic and tactical, were developed for each resource area. This information is now being applied in the northern rocky Mountains to ensure long-term sustainability in resource conditions. The volume chapters provide a technical assessment of the effects of climatic variability and change on natural and cultural resources, based on best available science, including new analyses obtained through modeling and synthesis of existing data. Each chapter also contains a summary of adaptation strategies (general) and tactics (on-the-ground actions) that have been developed by science-management teams.

Author : T. B. Williamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Arbres, Effets du réchauffement de la terre sur les
ISBN : MINN:31951D029806888

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Climate Change and Canada's Forests by T. B. Williamson Pdf

Forest managers can expect the unexpected and they can expect that change will be ongoing and unrelenting. Some general recommendations for beginning to address climate change in Canada's forest sector include enhancing the capacity to undertake integrated assessment of vulnerabilities to climate change at various scales; increasing resources to monitor the impacts of climate change; increasing resources for impacts and adaptation science; reviewing forest policies, forest planning, forest management approaches, and institutions to assess our ability to achieve social objectives under climate change; embedding principles of risk management and adaptive management into forest management; and maintaining or improving the capacity for communicating, networking, and information sharing with the Canadian public and within the forest sector."--Pub. website.

Author : The Expert Panel on Climate Change Risks and Adaptation Potential
Publisher : Council of Canadian Academies
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781926522678

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Canada’s Top Climate Change Risks by The Expert Panel on Climate Change Risks and Adaptation Potential Pdf

Canada’s Top Climate Change Risks identifies the top risk areas based on the extent and likelihood of the potential damage, and rates the risk areas according to society’s ability to adapt and reduce negative outcomes. These 12 major areas of risk are: agriculture and food, coastal communities, ecosystems, fisheries, forestry, geopolitical dynamics, governance and capacity, human health and wellness, Indigenous ways of life, northern communities, physical infrastructure, and water. The report describes an approach to inform federal risk prioritization and adaptation responses. The Panel outlines a multi-layered method of prioritizing adaptation measures based on an understanding of the risk, adaptation potential, and federal roles and responsibilities.

Author : Stephen J. Colombo,Ontario Forest Research Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : MINN:31951D02067212P

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The Impacts of Climate Change on Ontario's Forests by Stephen J. Colombo,Ontario Forest Research Institute Pdf

Reviews literature concerning the effects of global climate change on forest plants and communities, and provides opinions on the potential impacts that climate change may have on Ontario forests. Sections of the review discuss the following: the climate of Ontario in the 21st century as predicted by climate models; forest hydrology in relation to climate change; insects and climate change; impacts on fungi in the forest ecosystem; impacts on forest fires and their management; plant physiological responses; genetic implications of climate change; forest vegetation dynamics; the use of models in global climate change studies; and forest management responses to climate change.

Author : Fred O Asiegbu,Andriy Kovalchuk
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323984485

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Forest Microbiology by Fred O Asiegbu,Andriy Kovalchuk Pdf

Forest Microbiology, Volume Two: Forest Tree Health highlights a range of emerging microbial phytopathogens of forest trees, along with novel approaches for managing tree pests and diseases in a changing climate. The book provides an overview of selected microbial pathogens of forest trees, with an emphasis on their biology, lifecycle, spreading mechanisms, impact on affected tree species and current and prospective control strategies. At the same time, the impact of tree microbiomes on host fitness is discussed. Beneficial components of tree microbiota are presented, along with their functional role in tree nutrition, immunity and disease resistance. In addition, this volume addresses the many functions of microbial disease agents of trees including fungi, bacteria, viruses and phytoplasma. Strong emphasis is placed on the genetics, biochemistry, physiology, evolutionary biology and population dynamics of the microorganisms involved. This title is a key resource for foresters and forest pathology practitioners, as well as plant biologists. Provides an overview of selected microbial pathogens of forest trees, with an emphasis on their biology, lifecycle, spreading mechanisms, impact on affected tree species and current and prospective control strategies Highlights novel approaches to managing tree pests and diseases in a changing climate Addresses the many functions of microbial disease agents of trees, including fungi, fungi, bacteria, viruses and phytoplasma

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : MINN:31951P01067591N

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A Framework for Assessing Vulnerability of Forest-based Communities to Climate Change by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mark Harvey Johnston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : MINN:31951D030133389

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Vulnerability of Canada's Tree Species to Climate Change and Management Options for Adaptation by Mark Harvey Johnston Pdf

Canada's forests are home to well over many interactions and feedbacks in the life cycle of a 100 species of trees, of which 93 are commercially tree add to the complexity of climate change effects. [...] This Adaptation to climate change by modifying forest means that Canada is committed to maintaining forests management policies and practices can potentially and ecological processes in order to ensure that the reduce the vulnerability of some tree species to socio-economic and environmental benefits that are climate change. [...] The remainder of this section provides an overview of the major forest ecozones in Canada (Figure 1), the typical climate of these ecozones, and the major tree species that are present in each. [...] In general, tree species cannot rapidly invade provided an approach for determining the vulnerability new areas because of the time required for trees of tree species to climate change based on aspects of to grow to seed-bearing age and then produce and tree genetics2. [...] Landscape-scale effects of climate change and of interest as a means of predicting (in a general way) fire will be addressed in the next phase of the CCFM the effects of future fire regimes on species composi- project.

Author : David Thomas Price,Kendra Isaac,Canadian Council of Forest Ministers. Climate Change Task Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 1100206876

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Adapting Sustainable Forest Management to Climate Change by David Thomas Price,Kendra Isaac,Canadian Council of Forest Ministers. Climate Change Task Force Pdf

Maintaining sustainable forest management practices in Canada during the 21st century and beyond will be a major challenge, given the uncertainties of global socioeconomic development and multiple interacting consequences of global environmental change. Scenarios represent an important tool for decision makers to use in exploring the causes and effects of possible changes in future environmental conditions and the implications of those changes for forests and the social, environmental, and economic benefits that forests provide. Scenario analysis allows managers and other stakeholders to evaluate the consequences of plausible alternative futures for forest management and to develop robust adaptation strategies. This report addresses the origins of the scenarios that will be needed to assess the impacts of climate change and other stressors on managed forest systems. It examines how scenarios can be constructed for application at local scales (such as a forest management unit), using both top-down (downscaling from global and regional projections) and bottom-up (accounting for local trends and projections) approaches. Practical examples of using scenarios for impact assessment in forestry are briefly reviewed in four case studies from across Canada.--Document.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : MINN:31951D03000040J

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The Impact of Climate Change on America's Forests by Anonim Pdf

Abstract: "This report documents trends and impacts of climate change on America's forests as required by the Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. Recent research on the impact of climate and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on plant productivity is synthesized. Modeling analyses explore the potential impact of climate changes on forests, wood products, and carbon in the United States."

Author : Ned B. Klopfenstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Armillaria root rot
ISBN : WISC:89099262958

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Approaches to Predicting Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Forest Disease by Ned B. Klopfenstein Pdf

Predicting climate change influences on forest diseases will foster forest management practices that minimize adverse impacts of diseases. Precise locations of accurately identified pathogens and hosts must be documented and spatially referenced to determine which climatic factors influence species distribution. With this information, bioclimatic models can predict the occurrence and distribution of suitable climate space for host and pathogen species under projected climate scenarios. Predictive capacity is extremely limited for forest pathogens because distribution data are usually lacking. Using Armillaria root disease as an example, predictive approaches using available data are presented.

Author : Ken Drushka
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780773571693

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Canada's Forests by Ken Drushka Pdf

Ken Drushka analyses the changes in human attitudes towards the forests, detailing the rise of the late nineteenth-century conservation movement and its subsequent decline after World War I, the interplay between industry and government in the development of policy, the adoption of sustained yield policies after World War II, and the recent adoption of sustainable forest management in response to environmental concerns. Drushka argues that, despite the centuries of use, the Canadian forest retains a good deal of its vitality and integrity. Written in accessible language and aimed at a general readership, Canada's Forests will be a must-read for anyone interested in the debate about the current and future uses of this precious natural resource.

Author : Cathy W. Dahms
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : MINN:31951D03001157T

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An Assessment of Forest Ecosystem Health in the Southwest by Cathy W. Dahms Pdf

This report documents an ecological assessment of forest ecosystem health in the Southwest. The assessment focuses at the regional level and mostly pertains to lands administered by the National Forest System. Information is presented for use by forest and district resource managers as well as collaborative partners in the stewardship of Southwestern forests. The report establishes a scientific basis for conducting forest health projects, provides a context for planning ecosystem restoration, and contributes to the understanding of the physical, biological, and human dimensions of these ecosystems. Chapters describe Southwestern forest ecosystems of the past, changes since the Colonial Period, and the implications of those changes for the health of current and future forests. Opportunities, tools, and research needs for improving ecosystem sustainability are also identified.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 0662051750

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From Impacts to Adaptation by Anonim Pdf

Discusses current and future risks and opportunities that climate change presents to Canada, with a focus on human and managed systems. Based on analysis of existing knowledge.