Assessing spatial and temporal patterns of canopy decline across a diverse montane landscape in the Klamath Mountains, CA, USA using a 30-year Landsat time series

Drew S. Bost; Matthew J. Reilly; Erik S. Jules; Melissa H. DeSiervo; Zhiqiang Yang; Ramona J. Butz

doi:10.1007/s10980-019-00907-7

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Assessing spatial and temporal patterns of canopy decline across a diverse montane landscape in the Klamath Mountains, CA, USA using a 30-year Landsat time series

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Authors:

Drew S. Bost, Matthew J. Reilly, Erik S. Jules, Melissa H. DeSiervo, Zhiqiang Yang, Ramona J. Butz

Year:

2019

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00907-7

Source:

Landscape Ecology. 34: 2599-2614.

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Abstract

Tree mortality is of considerable concern, but the magnitude and extent of forest canopy decline are relatively unknown in landscapes with high levels of topographic complexity, spatial heterogeneity, and species diversity. We assessed 30 years of canopy decline, including a 5-year period characterized by extreme drought, in one of North America’s most diverse landscapes in the Klamath Mountains of northern California, USA.

Keywords

canopy decline, Shasta red fir (Abies magnifica var shastensis), topographic refugia, tree mortality, LandTrendr, climate change

Citation

Bost, Drew S.; Reilly, Matthew J.; Jules, Erik S.; DeSiervo, Melissa H.; Yang, Zhiqiang; Butz, Ramona J. 2019. Assessing spatial and temporal patterns of canopy decline across a diverse montane landscape in the Klamath Mountains, CA, USA using a 30-year Landsat time series. Landscape Ecology. 34: 2599-2614.