Disturbance and sustainability in forests of the western United States /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Barrett, Tara M. (Editor), Robertson, Guy C. (Editor)
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Portland, OR : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, March 2021.
Series:	General technical report PNW ; 992.
Subjects:	Forest fires > West (U.S.) Forests and forestry > Climatic factors > West (U.S.) Forest resilience > Climatic factors > West (U.S.) Sustainable forestry > West (U.S.) Forest fires. Forest resilience > Climatic factors. Forests and forestry > Climatic factors. Sustainable forestry. West United States. technical reports. Technical reports. Rapports techniques.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo155245 Address at time of PURL creation Download PDF

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Abstract:	This report assesses recent forest disturbance in the Western United States and discusses implications for sustainability. Individual chapters focus on fire, drought, insects, disease, invasive plants, and socioeconomic impacts...Disturbance trends with the potential to affect forest sustainability include alterations in fire regimes, periods of drought in some parts of the region, and increases in invasive plants, insects and disease. Climate affects most disturbance processes, particularly drought, fire, and biotic disturbances, and climate change is expected to continue to affect disturbance processes in various ways and degrees.
Item Description:	Print format not distributed to depository libraries. "March 2021."
Physical Description:	231 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.