Spatial variability in forest growth - climate relationships in the Olympic Mountains, Washington
Nakawatase JM and Peterson DL. 2006. Spatial variability in forest growth - climate relationships in the Olympic Mountains, Washington. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 36:77-91
From the Abstract: "We studied the effects of climatic variability on forest growth at 74 plots in the western and northeastern Olympic Mountains. Basal area increment time series were developed for each plot, and Pearson's correlation analysis and factor analysis were used to quantify growth - climate relationships. Forest growth in the Olympic Mountains responds to climatic variability as a function of mean climate and elevation. ... This information can be used to develop adaptive management strategies to prepare for the effects of future climate on these forests. Because growth - climate relationships on the Olympic Peninsula vary at relatively small spatial scales, those relationships may assist modeling and other efforts to provide more accurate predictions at local to regional scales."
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Nakawatase, Jill; Peterson, David
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Dungeness River Watershed, forest growth, Global Climate Change, Hoh River Watershed, Plant Studies