The Once and Future Forest Service: Land-Management Policies and Politics in Contemporary America

The news from the Far North is not good. In the spring of 2007, University of Alberta scientists reported that portions of the Canadian tundra were transforming into new forests of spruce and shrubs much more rapidly than once was imaginable. "The conventional thinking on treeline dynamics has...

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Main Author: Miller, Char
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Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2009
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Online Access:https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_fac_pub/129
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1131&context=pomona_fac_pub
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Summary:The news from the Far North is not good. In the spring of 2007, University of Alberta scientists reported that portions of the Canadian tundra were transforming into new forests of spruce and shrubs much more rapidly than once was imaginable. "The conventional thinking on treeline dynamics has been that advances are very slow because conditions are so harsh at these high latitudes and altitudes," reported Dr. Ryan Danby, a member of the UA research team. "But what our data indicate is that there was an upslope surge of trees in response to warmer temperatures. It's like [the forest] waited until conditions were just right, then it decided to get up and run, not just walk."