Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Forest Conservation and Management in the Anthropocene - V. Alaric Sample
Section I. Changing Climatic Regimes and Forest Ecosystems
Chapter One. Climate Change in the Age of Humans - Curt Stager
Chapter Two. Invasive Plants, Insects, and Diseases in the Forests of the Anthropocene - Alexander M. Evans
Chapter Three. Climate and Wildfire in Western US Forests - Anthony L. Westerling, Timothy J. Brown, Tania Schoennagel, Thomas W. Swetnam, Monica G. Turner, and Thomas T. Veblen
Chapter Four. Forest Ecosystem Reorganization Underway in the Southwestern United States: A Preview of Widespread Forest Changes in the Anthropocene? - Craig D. Allen
Section II. Assessing Vulnerability and Threats to Current Management Regimes
Chapter Five. Increasing Resiliency in Frequent Fire Forests: Lessons from the Sierra Nevada and Western Australia - Scott L. Stephens
Chapter Six. Protected Areas under Threat - Tim Caro, Grace K. Charles, Dena J. Clink, Jason Riggio, Alexandra M. Weill, and Carolyn Whitesell
Chapter Seven. Mitigating Anthropocene Influences in Forests in the United States - Chadwick Dearing Oliver
Section III. Adaptation Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation and Water Protection
Chapter Eight. Planning the Future’s Forests with Assisted Migration - Mary I. Williams and R. Kasten Dumroese
Chapter Nine. Maintaining Forest Diversity in a Changing Climate: A Geophysical Approach - Mark Anderson and Nels Johnson
Chapter Ten. Adaptation: Forests as Water Infrastructure in a Changing Climate - Todd Gartner, Heather McGray, James Mulligan, Jonas Epstein, and Ayesha Dinshaw
Chapter Eleven. Water Source Protection Funds as a Tool to Address Climate Adaptation and Resiliency in Southwestern Forests - Laura Falk McCarthy
Section IV. Transdisciplinarity in the Anthropocene
Chapter Twelve. Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Forested Regions of the Western United States - Jessica E. Halofsky, Linda A. Joyce, Constance I. Millar, David L. Peterson, and Janine M. Rice
Chapter Thirteen. Challenges and Opportunities for Large Landscape-Scale Management in a Shifting Climate: The Importance of Nested Adaptation Responses across Geospatial and Temporal Scales - Gary M. Tabor, Anne A. Carlson, and R. Travis Belote
Chapter Fourteen. Climate Change Effects on Forests, Water Resources, and Communities of the Delaware River Basin - Will Price and Susan Beecher
Section V. Evolving Institutional and Policy Frameworks
Chapter Fifteen. Policy Challenges for Wildlife Management in a Changing Climate - Mark L. Shaffer
Chapter Sixteen. Evolving Institutional and Policy Frameworks to Support Adaptation Strategies - David Cleaves and R. Patrick Bixler
Chapter Seventeen. Forest Conservation in the Anthropocene: Policy Recommendations - V. Alaric Sample and Christopher Topik
Works Cited
List of Contributors
Index