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.
Landscape‐scale restoration minimizes tree growth vulnerability to 21st century drought in a dry forest
Mortality predispositions of conifers across western USA
Forest density intensifies the importance of snowpack to growth in water-limited pine forests
Height-related changes in forest composition, not tree vulnerability, explain increasing mortality with height during an extreme drought
Wildfire-driven forest conversion in western North American landscapes
Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world
Effects of flow diversion on Snake Creek and its riparian cottonwood forest, Great Basin National Park
Simulated increases in fire activity reinforce shrub conversion in a southwestern US forest
Millennial-scale climate and human drivers of environmental change and fire activity in a dry, mixed-conifer forest of northwestern Montana
Tree-ring evidence of forest management moderating drought responses: Implications for dry, coniferous forests in the southwestern United States
Magnitude and direction of stream–forest community interactions change with timescale
Subalpine sentinels: Understanding & managing whitebark pine in California
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.