Mapping Climate Change Exposure for Northeastern Tree Species: Raster Layers- Low Emssions Scenario, No Disturbances Included (GDB)
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- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
- Address:
705 Spear Street
South Burlington, Vermont 05403
United States of America
Phone: (802) 391-4135
Email: femc@uvm.edu
Website: www.uvm.edu/femc
► Abstract
The uncertainty around the impacts of changing climate poses a significant challenge to sustaining forest ecosystems in the northeast. Important work has been done downscaling projected changes in climate conditions, modeling shifts in suitable habitat, and mapping disturbance patterns across the region. The goal of this project is to aggregate these valuable but disparate spatial data sets to quantify relative exposure to climate change impacts at the species, and community level. The resulting climate exposure maps provide insight to how the degree of potential risk exposure vary across the landscape an across species. Results indicate that at the stand level, highest overall exposure to climate, disturbance, and limitations in suitable habitat for current species distributions occurs in mountainous regions throughout the region and southeastern Maine. Across the region relative exposure increases by 4 percent between low and high emission scenarios. Much of our current management is guided by the outcomes of decades of silviculture research, yet many of the conditions under which those results were generated are rapidly changing. These relative exposure maps can inform where climate adaptation management applications may be most necessary over time.
► People
- Jennifer Pontius: Principal Investigator
- James Duncan: Content Provider
- Anthony D'Amato: Content Provider
- Lukas Kopacki: Principal Investigator
► Organizations
- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) : lead
- ArborVox : partner
- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) : volunteers
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- Title: Raster Layers- Low Emssions Scenario, No Disturbances Included (GDB)
- Start Date: 2021-10-28
- Description: Contained within this geodatabase are 14 species maps and a community exposure layer from the given scenario. Documentation surrounding naming conventions is contained within the folders. For any data issues, contact lkopacki@uvm.edu.
- Purpose:
- Condensed Title: 20230718120946_LowEmissionsNoDist.gdb.zip
- Object Name: VMC.1732.3864
- Data Type: mySQL
- Citation: Mapping Climate Change Exposure for Northeastern Tree Species: Raster Layers- Low Emssions Scenario, No Disturbances Included (GDB), 2021-10-28
- Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/mapping-cc-exposure-4-ne-trees/dataset/raster-layers-low-emssions-scenario-no
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