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Climate Change and Rocky Mountain Ecosystems

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Editors:
  1. Jessica E. Halofsky

    1. School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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  2. David L. Peterson

    1. U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Seattle, USA

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  • Details the largest climate change vulnerability assessment in North America
  • Provides unique insight into the potential effects of climate change in Montana, North Dakota, northern Idaho and northwestern Wyoming
  • Each chapter is illustrated with colour figures, maps and tables

Part of the book series: Advances in Global Change Research (AGLO, volume 63)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Assessing Climate Change Effects in the Northern Rockies

    • S. Karen Dante-Wood, David L. Peterson, Jessica E. Halofsky
    Pages 1-15

  3. Historical and Projected Climate in the Northern Rockies Region

    • Linda A. Joyce, Marian Talbert, Darrin Sharp, John Stevenson
    Pages 17-23

  4. Effects of Climate Change on Snowpack, Glaciers, and Water Resources in the Northern Rockies

    • Charles H. Luce
    Pages 25-36

  5. Effects of Climate Change on Cold-Water Fish in the Northern Rockies

    • Michael K. Young, Daniel J. Isaak, Scott Spaulding, Cameron A. Thomas, Scott A. Barndt, Matthew C. Groce et al.
    Pages 37-58

  6. Effects of Climate Change on Forest Vegetation in the Northern Rockies

    • Robert E. Keane, Mary Frances Mahalovich, Barry L. Bollenbacher, Mary E. Manning, Rachel A. Loehman, Terrie B. Jain et al.
    Pages 59-95

  7. Effects of Climate Change on Rangeland Vegetation in the Northern Rockies

    • Matt C. Reeves, Mary E. Manning, Jeff P. DiBenedetto, Kyle A. Palmquist, William K. Lauenroth, John B. Bradford et al.
    Pages 97-114

  8. Effects of Climate Change on Ecological Disturbance in the Northern Rockies

    • Rachel A. Loehman, Barbara J. Bentz, Gregg A. DeNitto, Robert E. Keane, Mary E. Manning, Jacob P. Duncan et al.
    Pages 115-141

  9. Effects of Climate Change on Wildlife in the Northern Rockies

    • Kevin S. McKelvey, Polly C. Buotte
    Pages 143-167

  10. Effects of Climate Change on Recreation in the Northern Rockies

    • Michael S. Hand, Megan Lawson
    Pages 169-188

  11. Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services in the Northern Rockies

    • Travis Warziniack, Megan Lawson, S. Karen Dante-Wood
    Pages 189-208

  12. Effects of Climate Change on Cultural Resources in the Northern Rockies

    • Carl M. Davis
    Pages 209-219

  13. Toward Climate-Smart Resource Management in the Northern Rockies

    • Jessica E. Halofsky, David L. Peterson, S. Karen Dante-Wood, Linh Hoang
    Pages 221-228

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 229-236
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About this book

This book is the result of a team of approximately 100 scientists and resource managers who worked together for two years to understand the effects of climatic variability and change on water resources, fisheries, forest vegetation, non-forest vegetation, wildlife, recreation, cultural resources and ecosystem services. Adaptation options, both strategic and tactical, were developed for each resource area. This information is now being applied in the northern rocky Mountains to ensure long-term sustainability in resource conditions.


The volume chapters provide a technical assessment of the effects of climatic variability and change on natural and cultural resources, based on best available science, including new analyses obtained through modeling and synthesis of existing data. Each chapter also contains a summary of adaptation strategies (general) and tactics (on-the-ground actions) that have been developed by science-management teams.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    Jessica E. Halofsky

  • U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Seattle, USA

    David L. Peterson

About the editors

Dr. Jessica Halofsky is a Research Scientist in the University of Washington, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. She has been involved in climate change research since 2008, and is a national leader in climate change adaptation, especially the application of climate change science in natural resource management. The author of many journal articles and book chapters on climate change and fire ecology, this will be her first book.

Dr. David Peterson is a Senior Research Biologist with the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. He has been involved in climate change research for 25 years and is a national leader in climate change assessment and adaptation. The author of 220 scientific articles, this will be his fourth book, including Climate Change and United States Forests (a Choice Award winner published by Springer in 2014).





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