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Organized Proposal Session

North American boundary forests: diversity, conservation, and fire management

2 - Mapping Drought Sensitivity and Climate-change Refugia at the Southern Edge of the Western Boreal Forest

Saturday, October 28, 2023

8:15am - 8:30am PST

Location: A2

Speaker(s)

Diana Stralberg, PhD (she/her/hers)

Canadian Forest Service
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Co-author(s)

SN

Scott Nielsen, PhD

Professor
University of Alberta
EB

Erin Bayne, PhD

Professor
University of Alberta
CE

César Estevo, MSc

PhD candidate
University of Alberta
BC

Bredan Casey, MSc

PhD candidate
University of Alberta
AR

Alec Robitaille, MSc

Climate Change Analyst
Canadian Forest Service
GC

Guillermo Castilla, PhD

Research Scientist
Canadian Forest Service
TH

Ted Hogg, PhD

Emeritus Researcher
Canadian Forest Service
MM

Mike Michaelian, BSc

Forest Health Researcher
Canadian Forest Service
JC

Jennifer Cartwright, PhD, GISP

Science Coordinator, Southeast CASC
U.S. Geological Survey

We developed an index of drought sensitivity based on the difference in July vegetation greenness between drought and baseline periods. Ecoregional analyses suggest the importance of topographic position and aspect in southern boreal and parkland forests.