Mapping the current and potential distribution of red spruce in Virginia: implications for the restoration of degraded high elevation habitat

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  • Authors: Griscom, Heather; Kraenzle, Helmut; Bortolot, Zachary.
  • Publication Year: 2010
  • Publication Series: Other
  • Source: In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 235.

Abstract

The objective of our project is to create a habitat suitability model to predict potential and future red spruce forest distributions. This model will be used to better understand the influence of climate change on red spruce distribution and to help guide forest restoration efforts.

  • Citation: Griscom, Heather; Kraenzle, Helmut; Bortolot, Zachary. 2010. Mapping the current and potential distribution of red spruce in Virginia: implications for the restoration of degraded high elevation habitat. In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 235.
  • Posted Date: October 29, 2010
  • Modified Date: October 29, 2010

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