What Do Forest Owners Need To Know About Climate Change?

摘要

Over the next several decades, temperatures in the Northeast are projected to rise from 2 to 4°F. We usually think that plants love heat, especially when there is plenty of moisture around (and predictions are for precipitation to increase about 20%). However, most of our native tree species have evolved to take maximum advantage of the kinds of climate regimes that have been found around here for the last several thousand years. These regimes don'tinclude a period with a sudden uptick in temperatures like we are currently experiencing.