Global Vegetation Dynamics

Dominique Bachelet is a Senior Scientist at the Conservation Biology Institute in Corvallis and Data Basin Climate Center in Oregon. She is the Associate Professor in the Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering at Oregon State University. She was the former director of the Climate Change Science Team for the Nature Conservancy. She completed her Ph.D. in 1983 from Colorado State University working on biogeochemical cycles in the shortgrass prairie. She has authored several research articles including the Journal of Geophysical Research and a few book chapters. She is a member of the American Geophysical Union, Ecological Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her research expertise is on plant ecology, biogeochemistry and biogeography with special focus on climate change impacts.

• Contributors viiPreface ixAcknowledgments xiPart I: General Description of the Model MC11 History and General Description of the Dynamic Global Vegetation Model MC1Dominique Bachelet 32 Historical Climate and Suppression Effects on Simulated Fire and Carbon Dynamics in the Conterminous United StatesJames M Lenihan and Dominique Bachelet 173 Challenges and Limitations of Using a DGVM for Local to Regional ApplicationsDominique Bachelet, Brendan M Rogers, and David R Conklin 314 The Making of a Dynamic General Vegetation Model, MC1Ronald P Neilson 41Part II: Examples of Projects Using MC1 at Various Spatial Scales5 A Brief Description of the VINCERA Project; Vulnerability and Impacts of North American Forests to Climate Change: Ecosystem Responses and AdaptationDavid T Price, Daniel Scott, Mark R Lomas, Daniel W McKenney, Dominique Bachelet, Raymond J Drapek, James M Lenihan, Ronald P Neilson, F I Woodward, and Jonathan A Foley 616 Continent]wide Simulations of a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model over the United States and Canada under Nine AR4 Future ScenariosRaymond J Drapek, John B Kim, and Ronald P Neilson 737 Drivers of Future Ecosystem Change in the US Pacific Northwest: The Role of Climate, Fire, and NitrogenBrendan M Rogers, Dominique Bachelet, Raymond J Drapek, Beverly E Law, Ronald P Neilson, and John R Wells 918 Application of MC1 to Wind Cave National Park: Lessons from a Small]Scale StudyDavid A King, Dominique Bachelet, and Amy J Symstad 1159 Simulating Effects of Climate and Vegetation Change on Distributions of Martens and Fishers in the Sierra Nevada, California, Using Maxent and MC1Wayne D Spencer, Heather Rustigian]Romsos, Ken Ferschweiler, and Dominique Bachelet 135Part III: Packaging MC1 Results to Increase Its Usability by Managers10 Using a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model to Help Inform Management DecisionsJoshua S Halofsky, Jessica E Halofsky, David R Conklin, Dominique Bachelet, Miles A Hemstrom, Becky K Kerns, and Anita T Morzillo 15311 Bringing MC1 Model Results to Data Basin to Facilitate Access, Distribution, and InterpretationDominique Bachelet and the CBI Data Basin team 171Appendix: Publications and Reports Featuring MC1 177Glossary 183Index  185