Mountain ecosystems are highly sensitive to climate change, and USGS is conducting montane research across the West to help resource managers plan now for the future. Coordination with scientists around the world has led to mountain research networks to expand our understanding of how these ecosystems respond to climate change.
Mountain Ecosystem Research
Recent data (2020-2022) related to USGS forest and mountain research is listed below. A complete listing of USGS forest and mountain data is available from the button below.
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS forest and mountain research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS forest and mountain publications is available from the button below.
Seasonal precipitation and soil moisture relationships across forests and woodlands in the southwestern United States
Valleys of fire: Historical fire regimes of forest-grassland ecotones across the montane landscape of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, USA
Freezing temperatures restrict woody plant recruitment and restoration efforts in abandoned montane pastures
Adaptive monitoring in action: Reconsidering design-based estimators reveals underestimation of whitebark pine disease prevalence in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Seed production patterns of surviving Sierra Nevada conifers show minimal change following drought
Forest responses to last-millennium hydroclimate variability are governed by spatial variations in ecosystem sensitivity
Forest management under megadrought: Urgent actions needed at finer-scale and higher intensity
Effective population size remains a suitable, pragmatic indicator of genetic diversity for all species, including forest trees
Effects of postfire climate and seed availability on postfire conifer regeneration
Forest restoration and fuels reduction: Convergent or divergent?
Whitebark pine in the national parks of the Pacific states: An assessment of population vulnerability
The snag’s the limit: Habitat selection modeling for the western purple martin in a managed forest landscape
Mountain ecosystems are highly sensitive to climate change, and USGS is conducting montane research across the West to help resource managers plan now for the future. Coordination with scientists around the world has led to mountain research networks to expand our understanding of how these ecosystems respond to climate change.
Mountain Ecosystem Research
Recent data (2020-2022) related to USGS forest and mountain research is listed below. A complete listing of USGS forest and mountain data is available from the button below.
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS forest and mountain research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS forest and mountain publications is available from the button below.