public read Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of America

(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) leadArborVox partnerForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) volunteersContained 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. Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeJenniferPontiusprincipalInvestigatorJamesDuncancontentProviderAnthonyD'AmatocontentProviderLukasKopackiprincipalInvestigatorThe 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.Raster Layers- Low Emssions Scenario, Climate Change- Specific Disturbances Included (GDB)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. VMC.1732.3862mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/mapping-cc-exposure-4-ne-trees/dataset/raster-layers-low-emssions-scenario-climate2021-10-28No AttributesNo Definitionno data