Climate Change and United States Forests

Part I. Seeking the Climate Change Signal

1. Recent Changes in Climate and Forest Ecosystems
David L. Peterson, Kailey W. Marcinkowski

2. Projected Changes in Future Climate
Chelcy F. Miniat, David L. Peterson

Part II. Effects of Climatic Variability and Change

3. Forest Processes
Michael G. Ryan, James M. Vose, Paul J. Hanson, Louis R. Iverson, Chelcy F. Miniat, Charles H. Luce, Lawrence E. Band, Steven L. Klein, Don McKenzie, David N. Wear

4. Disturbance Regimes and Stressors
Matthew P. Ayres, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Becky K. Kerns, Don McKenzie, Jeremy S. Littell, Lawrence E. Band, Charles H. Luce, Aaron S. Weed, Crystal L. Raymond

5. Climate Change and Forest Values
David N. Wear, Linda A. Joyce, Brett J. Butler, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, David J. Nowak, Susan I. Stewart

6. Regional Highlights of Climate Change
David L. Peterson, Jane M. Wolken, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, Christian P. Giardina, Jeremy S. Littell, Linda A. Joyce, Christopher W. Swanston, Stephen D. Handler, Lindsey E. Rustad, Steven G. McNulty

Part III. Responding to Climate Change

7. Managing Carbon
Kenneth E. Skog, Duncan C. McKinley, Richard A. Birdsey, Sarah J. Hines, Christopher W. Woodall, Elizabeth D. Reinhardt, James M. Vose

8. Adapting to Climate Change
Constance I. Millar, Christopher W. Swanston, David L. Peterson

9. Risk Assessment
Dennis S. Ojima, Louis R. Iverson, Brent L. Sohngen, James M. Vose, Christopher W. Woodall, Grant M. Domke, David L. Peterson, Jeremy S. Littell, Stephen N. Matthews, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew P. Peters, Gary W. Yohe, Megan M. Friggens

Part IV. Scientific Issues and Priorities

10. Research and Assessment in the Twenty-First Century
Toral Patel-Weynand, David L. Peterson, James M. Vose

Keywords: Environment, Climate Change, Ecosystems, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Social Sciences, general, Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture), Science, general