Dear Colleagues, We’d like to encourage abstract submissions to our session, “Global forest dynamics and interactions with a changing climate” (session ID#8629; https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/preliminaryview.cgi/Session8620) at the AGU Fall Meeting (14-18 December 2015 in San Francisco; http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2014/). The deadline for all submissions is Wednesday, 5 August. Please see below for the session description.
Regards, Kristina Anderson-Teixeira Alan Tepley (Conveners) Session Description: Forests are an influential component of the global carbon cycle and play an important role in Earth’s climate system. Climate change is altering forest dynamics, driving biogeochemical and biophysical feedbacks to the climate system. This session will focus on impacts of climate change on forests globally and consequent climate feedbacks. In particular, it will address (1) mechanisms through which climate change is impacting forest dynamics—including physiological responses, community dynamics, and biogeochemical cycling; (2) interactive effects of disturbance and climate change on forest dynamics; and (3) implications of forest-climate feedbacks that could buffer or accelerate change. Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira Ecologist, Leader of ForestGEO/CTFS Ecosystems & Climate Initiative Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute 1500 Remount Rd., Front Royal, VA 22630 USA 1-540-635-6546 | [email protected] www.forestgeo.si.edu/group/Ecosystems+and+Climate
