Potential impacts of climate change on bird and tree habitats within the Appalachian Mountains

Stephen Matthews; Louis Iverson; Anantha Prasad; Matthew Peters

Potential impacts of climate change on bird and tree habitats within the Appalachian Mountains

Informally Refereed

Authors:	Stephen Matthews, Louis Iverson, Anantha Prasad, Matthew Peters
Year:	2010
Type:	Other
Station:	Northern Research Station
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: 217.

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Abstract

The habitats associated with the distributions of bird and tree species vary with the resolution of investigation and regional context, and especially within high-elevation forests. Our understanding of how bird distributions may shift with climate change was advanced by our understanding of how climate shapes the boundaries of a species' range.

Parent Publication

Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains

Citation

Matthews, Stephen; Iverson, Louis; Prasad, Anantha; Peters, Matthew. 2010. Potential impacts of climate change on bird and tree habitats within the Appalachian Mountains. 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: 217.