Forests & Global Climate Change: Potential Impacts on U.S. Forest Resources

Foreword    ii

Executive Summary     iii

I. Introduction    1

II. Ecological Impacts     4

A. Past Climate Changes     5
B. Projecting Future Forest Responses to Climate Change     8
C. Forestry Practice and Ecological Scale     24

III. Economic Impacts   28

A. Systematic Examinations of Climate Impacts on
   Timber Supply     31
B. Market Adaptation     37

IV. Conclusions      42

Endnotes     45

References     46