The Response of the Alaska Boreal Forest to a Warming Climate

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The Response of the Alaska Boreal Forest to a Warming Climate Valerie A. Barber, Glenn P. Juday and Martin Wilmking All at the University of Alaska Department of Forest Sciences

Seward Peninsula Eastern Alaska Range

Absolute growth trends Alaska Range Brooks Range

Conclusions Three major Alaskan boreal species have both positive and negative radial growth response to temperature We can expect to see landscape scale changes in species composition with increased warming and with increased disturbance as a result of changing climate (fire, insects, permafrost)

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