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Editorial: Adaptation Of Trees To Climate Change: Mechanisms Behind Physiological And Ecological Resilience And Vulnerability, Andrea Ghirardo, James D. Blande, Nadine K. Ruehr, Raffaella Balestrini, Carsten Külheim Jan 2022

Editorial: Adaptation Of Trees To Climate Change: Mechanisms Behind Physiological And Ecological Resilience And Vulnerability, Andrea Ghirardo, James D. Blande, Nadine K. Ruehr, Raffaella Balestrini, Carsten Külheim

Michigan Tech Publications

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Climate Adaptive Forest Management In The Northeastern Us: Social And Ecological Motivations, Barriers, And Responses Of Rural And Urban Foresters, Teresa Mcgann Jan 2022

Climate Adaptive Forest Management In The Northeastern Us: Social And Ecological Motivations, Barriers, And Responses Of Rural And Urban Foresters, Teresa Mcgann

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

This project examines how foresters in a diversity of professional contexts perceive and respond to global change in the northeastern United States, with the goal of supporting foresters in broadening and deepening their use of climate adaptive strategies. Based on qualitative analysis of 32 in-depth semi-structured interviews with urban and rural foresters (n = 15 and n = 17, respectively) across New England and New York, a summary is presented of the i) important environmental drivers of adaptation; ii) commonly employed adaptive practices; iii) significant barriers to adaptation; and iv) approaches to working through named barriers. According to the motivations, …