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Linking Species' Responses to Climate Extremes

Project Leader:
Project Fellows:
Project Investigators:
Kevin Dodds (USFS)
States:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
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Status:
Ongoing

Overview

We are identifying historical relationships between climate extremes and species abundance, and then developing downscaled climate projections for the extreme climate metric. This information is then used to provide an initial projection of how the species abundance and location may change in the future. These initial assessments can help inform future assessments that consider broader types of climate and ecological information.

Presentations

R. Horton, AGU Fall Meeting, Impacts of hourly rainfall distribution on maize yield. Dec 12, 2018
R. Horton, Potential Impacts of Projected Changes in Climatic Suitability for Southern Pine Beetle in Northeast US Forests. First Annual Northeast Regional Invasive Species Climate Change (RISCC) Management Symposium, July 27-28, 2017.
R. Horton, Significant threat to North American forests from Southern Pine Beetle with warming winters, Risk of Invasive Species and Climate Change Workshop, Amherst MA, July 27, 2017.
R. Horton, Significant threat to North American forests from Southern Pine Beetle with warming winters, AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14th, 2016.
Workshop: Climate Change and Land Conservation and Restoration: Advances in Economics Methods and Policies for Adaptation and Mitigation, Hosted by The Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA), Washington, D.C.  June 13-14, 2017
Webinar: "Projected expansion of the Southern Pine Beetle into northern forests" NE CASC Webinar, UMass Amherst, November 30, 2016.
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