Dear colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to our session at the 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Conference in San Francisco, California on 12- 16 December, 2016.
Deadline: All abstract submissions must be received by 3 August 2016 at 23:59ET/3:59+1 GMT (11:59 P.M. EST). Session Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session12625 Session ID#: 12625 B005: Alteration of disturbance-driven forest dynamics under a changing climate Session Description: Climate change and disturbance are two of the major forces shaping the dynamics of forests worldwide. Their interactive effects can be particularly consequential; climate change is expected to impact the frequency and intensity of disturbances, including drought, bark beetle outbreaks, and wildfires. Moreover, climate change may alter the resilience of forests to such disturbances, in some systems potentially resulting in shifts to alternative ecosystem states or trajectories. The result will be alteration of forest composition, biogeochemistry, and interactions with the climate system on scales ranging from single trees to biomes and from minutes to millennia. Anticipating the impacts of these changes requires both empirical and modeling studies that link mechanistic processes across spatial and temporal scales. This session will include research incorporating current, paleo ecological, modeling, or data-model integration studies to answer critical questions concerning disturbance and climate interactions in forest ecosystems across a range of spatial and temporal scales. Confirmed Invited Speak: Dominique Bachelet (Oregon State University and Conservation Biology Institute) Primary Convener: Tara W Hudiburg (U. Idaho), Phil Higuera (U. Montana), Kristina Anderson- Teixeira (Smithsonian), and Alan Tepley (Smithsonian)
