Title: The Greenhouse effect, climate change, and U.S. forests /
Authors: Shands, William E.; Hoffman, John S.; Hoffman, John S.; Conservation Foundation.
Date: 1987
Publisher: Conservation Foundation,
Physical description: xiv, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: S
Contents: Foreward / William K. Reilly -- Overview / William E. Shands and John Bruce Wells -- Time to prepare for global climate change / Walter Orr Roberts -- Forests: past and projected changes in greenhouse gases / John S. Hoffman and John Bruce Wells -- Forests -- the momentum for a greenhouse effect: physical, economic, and political limits to curtailing the magnitude of global warming / John S. Hoffman and John Bruce Wells -- Evidence for future warming: how large and when? / James Hansen, Andrew Lacis, David Rind, Gary Russell, Inez Fung, and Sergej Lebedeff -- Predicting regional climate change: improving the models / David Rind -- An approach for generating climate change hypotheticals given limitations in current climate models / Michael J. Gibbs and John S. Hoffman -- Rising carbon dioxide, climate change, and forest management: an overview / Robin Sandenburgh, Carol Taylor, and John S. Hoffman -- Effects of carbon dioxide-induced climate changes on the natural ranges of six major commercial tree species in the western United States / Jerry W. Leverenz and Deborah J. Lev -- Effect of rising carbon dioxide and potential climate change on loblolly pine distribution, growth, survival, and productivity / W. Frank Miller, Philip M. Dougherty, and George L. Switzer -- Simulating forest ecosystem responses to expected climate change in eastern North America: applications to decision making in the forest industry / Allen M. Solomon and Darrell C. West -- Effects of increasing carbon dioxide concentration on the physiology and growth of forest trees / Paul J. Kramer and Nasser Sionit -- How forest products companies can respond to rising carbon dioxide and climate change / Robin Sandenburgh, Carol Taylor, and John S. Hoffman -- A conceptual framework for assessing impacts of carbon dioxide change on forest industries / Dietmar W. Rose, Alan R. Ek, and Keith L. Belli -- Potential impact of carbon dioxide-induced climate change on management of douglas-fir and western hemlock / James N. Woodman -- Breeding strategies in forest tree populations to buffer against elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels / R. C. Kellison and R. J. Weir -- Forestry research needs and strategies / J. Charles Lee and Paul J. Kramer.
Subject headings (LCSH): Climatic changes--United States.; Climatic changes.; Forest ecology--United States.; Forest ecology.; Forest management--United States.; Forest management.; Forest meteorology--United States.; Forest meteorology.; Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--United States.; Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.; Plants--Effect of carbon dioxide on--United States.; Plants--Effect of carbon dioxide on.; Trees--Climatic factors--United States.; Trees--Climatic factors.; Trees--Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on--United States.; Trees--United States--Climatic factors.; Trees-Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on.