Climate change: detecting climate's imprint on California forests

Anne M. Rosenthal; Connie I. Millar

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Climate change: detecting climate's imprint on California forests

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Anne M. Rosenthal, Connie I. Millar

Year:

2003

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Science Perspective PSW-SP-001. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 6 p

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Abstract

Hiking the nearly treeless slopes of western Nevada's Wassuk Range, researcher Connie Millar found dead limber pine throughout the watersheds. Where scanty forests were present, the dead wood occurred above treeline. Investigation of these wood remnants, sculpted by the elements over hundreds of years, revealed a cyclical pattern of limber pine colonization and retreat tied to climate change.

Keywords

Wassuk Range, climate change

Citation

Rosenthal, Anne M.; Millar, Constance I. 2003. Climate change: detecting climate's imprint on California forests. Science Perspective PSW-SP-001. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 6 p