Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Management Options A Guide for Natural Resource Managers in Southern Forest Ecosystems

Introduction to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Management Options
James M. Vose and Kier D. Klepzig

Framing the Future in the Southern United States: Climate, Land Use, and Forest Conditions
David N. Wear, Thomas L. Mote, J. Marshall Shepherd, Binita K.C., and Christopher W. Strother

A Conceptual Framework for Adaptive Forest Management under Climate Change
Thomas P. Holmes, Steve McNulty, James M. Vose, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, and Harbin Li

Water Stress and Social Vulnerability in the Southern United States, 2010–2040
Cassandra Johnson-Gaither, John Schelhas, Wayne Zipperer, Ge Sun, Peter V. Caldwell, and Neelam Poudyal

Future Wildfire Trends, Impacts, and Mitigation Options in the Southern United States
Yongqiang Liu, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Scott L. Goodrick, Thomas P. Holmes, John A. Stanturf, James M. Vose, Ge Sun

Climate-Induced Changes in Vulnerability to Biological Threats in the Southern United States
Rabiu Olatinwo, Qinfeng Guo, Songlin Fei, William Otrosina, Kier D. Klepzig, Douglas Streett

Adapting Silviculture to a Changing Climate in the Southern United States
James M. Guldin

Productivity and Carbon Sequestration of Forest in the Southern United States
Kurt H. Johnsen, Tara L. Keyser, John R. Butnor, Carlos A. Gonzalez-Benecke, Donald J. Kaczmarek, Chris A. Maier, Heather R. McCarthy, and Ge Sun

Managing Forest Water Quantity and Quality Under Climate Change
Daniel A. Marion, Ge Sun, Peter V. Caldwell, Chelcy F. Miniat, Ying Ouyang, Devendra M. Amatya, Barton D. Clinton, Paul A. Conrads, Shelby Gull Laird, Zhaohua Dai, J. Alan Clingenpeel, Yonqiang Liu, Edwin A. Roehl Jr., Jennifer A. Moore Meyers, Carl Trettin

Climate-Induced Migration of Native Tree Populations and Consequences for Forest Composition
W. Henry McNab, Martin A. Spetich, Roger W. Perry, James D. Haywood, Shelby Gull Laird, Stacy L. Clark, Justin L. Hart, Scott J. Torreano, and Megan L. Buchanan

Climate Change and Wildlife in the Southern United States: Potential Effects and Management Options
Cathryn H. Greenberg, Roger W. Perry, Kathleen E. Franzreb, Susan C. Loeb, Daniel Saenz, D. Craig Rudolph, Eric Winters, E.M. Fucik, M.A. Kwiatkowski, B.R. Parresol, J.D. Austin, and G.W. Tanner

Climate Change and Outdoor Recreation Participation in the Southern United States
J.M. Bowker, Ashley E. Askew, Neelam Poudyal, Stanley J. Zarnoch, and H. Ken Cordell

Summary of Findings, Management Options, and Interactions
James M. Vose, Shelby Gull Laird, Zanethia D. Choice, and Kier D. Klepzig

Biography

James M. Vose, Ph.D., is a research ecologist and project leader of the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Integrated Forest Science (CIFS) at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Prior to his current appointment as project leader of CIFS, he spent 25 years at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory studying watershed ecosystem responses to disturbances and forest management. He has authored more than 170 scientific papers and serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Georgia, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina State University. He recently served as a co-lead author for the USDA National Climate Assessment Forest Sector Report published in 2012.

Kier D. Klepzig, Ph.D., is an entomologist and assistant director of the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station in Asheville, North Carolina. Prior to his current appointment, he spent 14 years as a research entomologist and project leader of the Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants Research Unit in Pineville, Louisiana. He studied bark beetle fungal interactions and symbiosis. He has authored more than 90 scientific papers, and serves as an editor for Environmental Entomology. He recently served as a coeditor and coauthor of the landmark book SPBII. He is the most recent winner of the A.D. Hopkins Award for excellence in forest entomology.