Climate change and Rocky Mountain ecosystems
Halofsky JE, Peterson DL, Dante-Wood SK, Joyce LA, Luce CH, Young MK, Keane RE, Reeves MC, Loehman RA, McKelvey KS, Hand MS, Warziniack T, Davis CM. 2018. Climate change and Rocky Mountain ecosystems. Springer International Publishing AG. Switzerland
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.
- Type
- Book
- Authors
- Halofsky, Jessica; Peterson, David; Dante-Wood, S; Joyce, Linda; Luce, Charles; Young, Michael; Keane, Robert; Reeves, Matt; Loehman, Rachel; McKelvey, Kevin; Hand, Michael; Warziniack, Travis; Davis, Carl
- Date of Issue
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Keywords
- climate change, climate variability, cultural resources, ecosystem services, fisheries, forest vegetation, natural resource management, non-forest vegetation, recreation, vulnerability, water resources, wildlife
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Weather and Climate | Weather and Climate , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Freshwater Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Fishes