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  1. Evolving conservation paradigms for the Anthropocene

    The Anthropocene will have fundamental effects on the species composition, function, and structure of the ecosystems of the world. Land management agencies such as the USDA Forest Service will need to adapt their policies and conservation activities to avoid engaging in continuous conflict with natural processes and unfamiliar biotic assemblages. Conservation paradigms...

    Author(s):
    Ariel E. Lugo
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    Anthropocene, human activity, adaptive conservation, conservation policies
    Source:
    In: Sample, V. Alaric; Bixler, R. Patrick, eds. Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: Conference proceedings. Proceedings. RMRS-P-71. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 47-59.

  2. Issues and challenges of mangrove conservation in the Anthropocene - Desafios de la conservacion del mangle en el Antropoceno

    This essay addresses the conservation issues facing mangroves in the Anthropocene, defined as the era of human domination over the world. We review the laws, policies, international agreements, and local actions that address the conservation of mangrove forests in the Neotropics and relate them to the Anthropocene. Collaboration between governments, non-governmental...

    Author(s):
    Ariel. E. Lugo; Ernesto Medina; Kathleen McGinley
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    carbon fluxes, climate change, community participation, ecophysiology, mangrove cover and cover change, novel ecosystems, oligo and eutrophy, protected areas, salinity stress
    Source:
    Madera y Bosques vol. 20, num. especial : 11-38

  3. Invasive plants, insects, and diseases in the forests of the Anthropocene

    Invasive species, non-native plants, insects, and diseases can devastate forests. They outcompete native species, replace them in the ecosystem, and even drive keystone forest species to functional extinction. Invasives have negative effects on forest hydrology, carbon storage, and nutrient cycling. The damage caused by invasive species exacerbates the other forest...

    Author(s):
    Alexander M. Evans
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    forest conservation, management, Anthropocene, climate change
    Source:
    In: Sample, V. Alaric; Bixler, R. Patrick, eds. Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: Conference proceedings. Proceedings. RMRS-P-71. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 145-160.

  4. Journeying into the Anthropocene - Scots pine and eastern hemlock over the next 400 years

    Our native trees are much loved and valued components of our forests and fields, towns and cities. For a host of reasons - conservation, landscape, shade, and their sheer visual glory, we want our trees to grow big and old. But it takes time - often several centuries - from planting a tree to the desired outcome. This means that we need to choose trees today, which can...

    Author(s):
    Duncan Stone
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    forest conservation, management, Anthropocene, climate change
    Source:
    In: Sample, V. Alaric; Bixler, R. Patrick, eds. Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: Conference proceedings. Proceedings. RMRS-P-71. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 177-178.

  5. Forestry in the Anthropocene

    Author(s):
    Ariel E. Lugo
    Year:
    2015
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Science. 349(6250)

  6. Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: Conference proceedings

    Climate change is but one aspect of the Anthropocene, a new epoch in which the effects of human activities have become the predominant force in the global biosphere. More than just an overlay on the traditional concerns of sustainable natural resource management, the uncertainties associated with these effects are creating a "no-analog future" in which much...

    Author(s):
    V. Alaric Sample; R. Patrick Bixler
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    forest conservation, management, Anthropocene, climate change
    Source:
    Proceedings. RMRS-P-71. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. 494 p.

  7. Forest management challenges for sustaining water resources in the Anthropocene

    The Earth has entered the Anthropocene epoch that is dominated by humans who demand unprecedented quantities of goods and services from forests. The science of forest hydrology and watershed management generated during the past century provides a basic understanding of relationships among forests and water and offers management principles that maximize the benefits of...

    Author(s):
    Ge Sun; James M. Vose
    Year:
    2016
    Keywords:
    climate change, disturbance, drought, forest hydrology, modeling, urbanization, watershed management
    Source:
    Forests

  8. Theory and practice to conserve freshwater biodiversity in the Anthropocene

    1. The unprecedented impact of human activities on nature has led scientists to propose we might now be in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. Significant human alterations of freshwater systems include massive changes to soil erosion–deposition dynamics, hydrological regimes via impoundment and diversion, land‐use conversion, chemical and nutrient pollution, and...

    Author(s):
    Rebecca Flitcroft; Michael S. Cooperman; Ian J. Harrison; Diego Juffe‐Bignoli; Philip J. Boon
    Year:
    2019
    Keywords:
    Anthropocene, ecosystem function, freshwater conservation, freshwater management.
    Source:
    Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29(7): 1013-1021.

  9. Concluding Remarks: Moving Forward on Scientific Knowledge and Management Approaches to Tropical Forests in the Anthropocene Epoch

    The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry (the Institute) celebrates its 75th Anniversary with the publication of this Special Issue of Forests. This Issue is based on presentations delivered in a symposium held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2014. It augments a quarter century of scientific knowledge and...

    Author(s):
    Grizelle González; Ariel E. Lugo
    Year:
    2019
    Keywords:
    conservation, American tropics, long-term ecological research, tropical forest management, Anthropocene, Puerto Rico
    Source:
    Forests

  10. Evolving institutional and policy frameworks to support adaptation strategies

    Given the consequences and opportunities of the Anthropocene, what is our underlying theory or vision of successful adaptation? This essay discusses the building blocks of this theory, and how will we translate this theory into guiding principles for management and policy.

    Author(s):
    Dave Cleaves
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    forest conservation, management, Anthropocene, climate change
    Source:
    In: Sample, V. Alaric; Bixler, R. Patrick, eds. Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: Conference proceedings. Proceedings. RMRS-P-71. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 443-452.

  11. Indigenous experiences in the U.S. with climate change and environmental stewardship in the Anthropocene

    The recognition of climate change issues facing tribal communities and indigenous peoples in the United States is growing, and understanding its impacts is rooted in indigenous ethical perspectives and systems of ecological knowledge. This foundation presents a context and guide for contemporary indigenous approaches to address climate change impacts that are...

    Author(s):
    Karletta Chief; John J. Daigle; Kathy Lynn; Kyle Powys Whyte
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    forest conservation, management, Anthropocene, climate change
    Source:
    In: Sample, V. Alaric; Bixler, R. Patrick, eds. Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: Conference proceedings. Proceedings. RMRS-P-71. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 161-176.

  12. Visualizing the Anthropocene: Human Land Use History and Environmental Management

    The term “Anthropocene” defines the current, human-dominated, geological epoch of human-caused environmental influences. Some researchers believe that the beginning of this epoch coincides with the inception of the Industrial Revolution (Crutzen and Stoermer 2000). Research is revealing that humans have affected environments on global and local scales for millennia....

    Author(s):
    Richard D. Periman
    Year:
    2006
    Keywords:
    monitoring, assessment, sustainability, Western Hemisphere, sustainable management, ecosystem resources, Anthropocene, human land use
    Source:
    In: Aguirre-Bravo, C.; Pellicane, Patrick J.; Burns, Denver P.; and Draggan, Sidney, Eds. 2006. Monitoring Science and Technology Symposium: Unifying Knowledge for Sustainability in the Western Hemisphere Proceedings RMRS-P-42CD. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 558-564

  13. Mitigating Anthropocene influences in forests in the United States

    Anthropogenic and other climate changes, land use changes, forest structure changes, and introduced organisms are difficult to isolate with respect to their cumulative consequences. Similar changes have occurred before with undesirable effects and the currently high human population could suffer greatly if they happen again. Active forest management can help avoid...

    Author(s):
    Chadwick Dearing Oliver
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    forest conservation, management, Anthropocene, climate change
    Source:
    In: Sample, V. Alaric; Bixler, R. Patrick, eds. Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: Conference proceedings. Proceedings. RMRS-P-71. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 189-202.

  14. Summary and synthesis

    America’s forests are undergoing changes unlike any seen before in human history. The concept of the Anthropocene Era, a new geologic epoch characterized by anthropogenic dominance over the Earth’s systems, has become an important framework for thinking about the processes and consequences of worldwide environmental change, particularly global climate change,...

    Author(s):
    V. Alaric Sample; Christopher Topik
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    forest conservation, management, Anthropocene, climate change
    Source:
    In: Sample, V. Alaric; Bixler, R. Patrick, eds. Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: Conference proceedings. Proceedings. RMRS-P-71. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 471-494.

  15. Novel tropical forests: nature's response to global change

    We now live in a world dominated by humans (the Anthropocene), whose activities on Earth are resulting in new habitats and new environmental conditions, including climate change. To many, the Anthropocene is an era of environmental doom that unless reversed, will result in catastrophic reductions in biodiversity. An alternate view is that the biota will adjust to the...

    Author(s):
    A.E. Lugo
    Year:
    2013
    Keywords:
    Puerto Rico, introduced species, tropical succession, Anthropocene, Homogeocene
    Source:
    Tropical Conservation Science. 6(3): 325-337.

  16. Climate change in the age of humans

    The Anthropocene epoch presents a mix of old and new challenges for the world’s forests. Climatic instability has typified most of the Cenozoic Era but today’s situation is unique due to the presence of billions of humans on the planet. The potential rate and magnitude of future warming driven by continued fossil fuel combustion could be unprecedented during the last...

    Author(s):
    J. Curt Stager
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    forest conservation, management, Anthropocene, climate change
    Source:
    In: Sample, V. Alaric; Bixler, R. Patrick, eds. Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: Conference proceedings. Proceedings. RMRS-P-71. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 11-25.

  17. Ecohydrological processes and ecosystem services in the Anthropocene: a review

    The framework for ecosystem services has been increasingly used in integrated watershed ecosystem management practices that involve scientists, engineers, managers, and policy makers. The objective of this review is to explore the intimate connections between ecohydrological processes and water-related ecosystem services in human-dominated ecosystems in the...

    Author(s):
    Ge Sun; Dennis Hallema; Heidi Asbjornsen
    Year:
    2017
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Ecological Processes

  18. Forest ecosystem re-organization underway in the southwestern United States: A preview of widespread forest changes in the Anthropocene?

    This paper addresses an important set of issues currently facing the forests of western North America - the intersection of 20th Century land use legacies and the emerging impacts of climate change on drought, forest stress, wildfire, and ecosystem change. The presented information comes from a variety of sources in the scientific literature, with a focus on the...

    Author(s):
    Craig D. Allen
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    forest conservation, management, Anthropocene, climate change
    Source:
    Proceedings. RMRS-P-71. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 103-123.

  19. It’s not all bad news - riparian areas in the Anthropocene [Chapter 6]

    An abundance of information, some of which is included in other chapters in these volumes, documents and laments the historic loss of or changes to riparian ecosystems. Historic impacts to most riparian organisms, ranging in size from cottonwood trees to microbes, are fairly well documented. Causes of these changes are also well documented or speculated upon based on...

    Author(s):
    Kenneth J. Kingsley
    Year:
    2020
    Keywords:
    riparian, ecosystem, ecology, riparian processes, riparian losses, restoration, aquatic, arid, semiarid, upland, freshwater, groundwater, hydrology, watershed, tamarisk, tamarisk leaf beetles (Diorhabda spp.)
    Source:
    In: Carothers, Steven W.; Johnson, R. Roy; Finch, Deborah M.; Kingsley, Kenneth J.; Hamre, Robert H., tech. eds. Riparian research and management: Past, present, future. Volume 2. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-411. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 138-153.

  20. Forest futures in the Anthropocene: Can trees and humans survive together?

    Foresters and futurists share a long-range perspective. The lengthy growing cycle of trees has compelled foresters to plan decades and even hundreds of years ahead, in contrast to the short-term view of most fields. The interconnected nature of forest ecosystems has also given foresters—like futurists—a systems perspective. As the American naturalist...

    Author(s):
    David Bengston; Michael J. Dockry
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    Source:
    The Futurist. 48(4): 34-39.

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