- Title:
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Growth-climate Relations of Lodgepole Pine in the North Cascades
- Date:
- April 2007
- Organisations
- USFS
- Authors:
- Michael J. Case and David L. Peterson
- Location:
- USA, United States of America
Overview
In this report the authors examine the sensitivity of lodgepole pine to climate to allow forest managers to maximize growth, better understand how carbon sequestration changes over time and better model and predict future ecosystem responses to climate change.Some of their findings included:
- Projected increases in summer temperatures will likely cause greater soil moisture stress in many forested ecosystems
- The potential of extended summer drought periods over decades may significantly alter spatial patterns of productivity, thus impacting carbon storage.
- The productivity of lodgepole pine likely will decrease at sites with shallow, excessively drained soils, south and west facing aspects, and steep slopes, but increase at high-elevation sites.
