MCP Terrestrial (Land Based) Natural Systems Resources
(updated 3/24/18)
General
Plant Species and Climate Profile Predictions
Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report (2017)
Northwest Climate Assessment Report (2013)
Oregon Climate Assessment Report (2010)
Forest Scientist Paul Hessburg TED Talk on Megafires (2017)
Information related to Key Questions
Key Question 1 – How do organisms respond to variations in environmental climatic conditions (especially temperature) and how might projected trends influence them?
Latest Census Finds More American Pika Populations Disappear As Climate Warms
Key Question 2 – How do biological communities (natural systems) respond to variations in environmental climatic conditions (especially temperature) and how might projected trends influence them?
Novel climates, no-analog communities, and ecological surprises
Key Question 3 – What are the critical interactions between forests and climate?
A Restoration Framework for Federal Forests in the Pacific Northwest
Oregon Climate Assessment Report December 2010
Plant Species and Climate Profile Predictions
GISS Institute on Climate and Planets
A synthesis of current knowledge on forests and carbon storage in the United States
Data set: Above ground forest biomass for Oregon
U.S. Forest Carbon and Climate Change Controversies and Win-Win Policy Approaches
Carbon feedback from forest soils to accelerate global warming
Key Question 4 – What are the national and regional trends and projections for wildfire and why is this important?
National Interagency Fire Center
Rising Temps, Shrinking Snowpack Fuel Western Wildfires
Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity
National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee
X-ray technology reveals California’s forests are in for a radical transformation
We won’t stop California’s wildfires if we don’t talk about climate change
