Year 1 - Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate Change from the Tree- to Stand- to Landscape Level
Project Reference Number: 2007-12
Project Status: Complete
Led by: Craig Nitschke, PhD, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and UBC
Funder: Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program
Project Proposal
Climate change directly or indirectly threatens the integrity of ecosystems. Functional and healthy ecosystems provide the necessary foundation for sustainable forest management. This project investigates the vulnerability of ecosystems in the Sub Boreal Spruce zone around Smithers, BC to climate change through multi-scale modelling. The vulnerability of species in their regeneration niche is being modelled to determine the resilience of species to predicted climate change. Changes in resilience are being used to investigate the impacts on stand dynamics and disturbance.
Related Reports
| Publication Date |
Report Title |
Authors |
| April 11, 2012 |
Change of allometry between coarse root and shoot of Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta DOUGL. ex. LOUD) along a stress gradient in the sub-boreal forest zone of British Columbia |
Hans Pretzsch, Enno Uhl, Peter Biber, Gerhard Schütze & K. David Coates |
| January 2012 |
The influence of climate change, site type, and disturbance on stand dynamics in northwest British Columbia, Canada |
Nitschke, C.R., Amoroso, M., Coates, K.D., Astrup, R. |
| April 2009 |
Assessing ecosystem vulnerability to climate change from the tree- to stand- to landscape-level |
Dr. Craig Nitschke and Dr. Rasmus Astrup |
| April 2009 |
Analysis of climate data from Smithers, BC: can we expect an increase in conditions favourable to dothistroma reproduction? |
Dr. Craig Nitschke and Dr. Rasmus Astrup |
| April 2009 |
The influence of disturbance type, competition and resource availability on species response to climate change in northwest British Columbia, Canada |
Dr. Craig Nitschke and Dr. Rasmus Astrup |
| February 2009 |
Modelling Climate Change Impacts in British Columbia??????s Forest Ecosystems: a holistic approach to understanding ecosystem vulnerability |
Dr. Craig Nitschke |
| December 2008 |
The role of ecophysiological and phenological processes during regeneration in increasing tree species sensitivity to climate change in British Columbia, Canada and south-east Victoria, Australia |
Dr. Craig Nitschke |
