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Understanding coupled climatic and ecosystem responses to global climate change in the Central Grasslands

Conference · · Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America; (United States)
OSTI ID:6227760
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  1. Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins (United States)
  2. Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins (United States) UCAR, Boulder, CO (United States)
  3. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis (United States)
  4. Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie (United States)
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A long-term National Park Service research program to assess the potential effect of global climate change on the Central Grasslands Biogeographic Area is underway. The program consists of two integrated projects: Projecting climate and vegetation change at regional to landscape scales; and Predicting the effect of global change on vegetation in park landscapes at the plot to landscape scales. Together, these integrated field and modeling studies establish a means to validate mesoscale and landscape vegetation models, a central goal of the NPS Global Change Research Program. Vegetation life form modeling suggests that under climate change scenarios the distribution of grassland vegetation zones will undergo major shifts. Results indicate that climate change impacts that reduce water availability will more severely depress productivity of C[sub 3] grass communities relative to C[sub 4] grass communities.
OSTI ID:
6227760
Report Number(s):
CONF-930798--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America; (United States) Journal Volume: 74:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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