Climate Change in Wildlands: Pioneering Approaches to Science and Management

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Why Study Climate Change in Wildlands?....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 15-16
Effectively Linking Climate Science and Management....Pages 17-32
Challenges and Approaches for Integrating Climate Science into Federal Land Management....Pages 33-54
Front Matter....Pages 53-54
Analyses of Historical and Projected Climates to Support Climate Adaptation in the Northern Rocky Mountains....Pages 55-77
Historical and Projected Climates as a Basis for Climate Change Exposure and Adaptation Potential across the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative....Pages 78-94
Assessing Vulnerability to Land Use and Climate Change at Landscape Scales Using Landforms and Physiographic Diversity as Coarse-Filter Targets....Pages 95-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-118
Potential Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Ecosystem Processes in the Great Northern and Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperatives....Pages 119-150
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation for National Parks in the Eastern United States....Pages 151-173
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Tree Species and Biome Types in the Northern Rocky Mountains....Pages 174-189
Past, Present, and Future Impacts of Climate on the Vegetation Communities of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem across Elevation Gradients....Pages 190-211
Vulnerability of Tree Species to Climate Change in the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative....Pages 212-233
Likely Responses of Native and Invasive Salmonid Fishes to Climate Change in the Rocky Mountains and Appalachian Mountains....Pages 234-255
Front Matter....Pages 257-258
Approaches, Challenges, and Opportunities for Achieving Climate-Smart Adaptation....Pages 259-278
Perspectives on Responding to Climate Change in Rocky Mountain National Park....Pages 279-303
Case Study: Whitebark Pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem....Pages 304-326
Insights from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem on Assessing Success in Sustaining Wildlands....Pages 327-353
Synthesis of Climate Adaptation Planning in Wildland Ecosystems....Pages 354-367
Back Matter....Pages 368-391