UM researcher: Forest canopies buffer against climate change

Dobrowski, S. Z., Swanson, A. K., Abatzoglou, J. T., Holden, Z. A., Safford, H. D., Schwartz, M. K. and Gavin, D. G. (2015), Forest structure and species traits mediate projected recruitment declines in western US tree species. Global Ecology and Biogeography. doi: 10.1111/geb.12302 Media: EurekaAlert, Phys.org

Upward Temperature Bias Reported in SNOTEL data 

Oyler, J. W., S. Z. Dobrowski, A. P. Ballantyne, A. E. Klene, and S. W. Running (2015), Artificial amplification of warming trends across the mountains of the western United States, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 153–161, doi:10.1002/2014GL062803. Media: Phys.org, Reporting Climate Science.com

Changes in Climatic Water Balance Drive Downhill Shifts in Plant Species' Optimum Elevations

Published in Science, January 2011. Shawn M. Crimmins, Solomon Z. Dobrowski, Jonathan A. Greenberg, John T. Abatzoglou, Alison R. Mynsberge. Selected for Faculty of 1000 Biology. Media:

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