Sample, V. Alaric, editorBixler, R. Patrick, editorMiller, Char, editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2016-10-202016-10-202016http://hdl.handle.net/10217/177797Includes bibliographical references and index.Thought-provoking insight on overcoming the constraints of climate change and policies that need to be introduced or changed to combat the climate change on the forests of the world. Environmental scientists probe the dilemmas that confront us and will continue to confront us in the coming century.--Provided by publisher.Introduction: Forest Conservation and Management in the Anthropocene -- Section I: Changing Climatic Regimes and Forest Ecosystems -- 1. Climate Change in the Age of Humans -- 2. Invasive Plants, Insects, and Diseases in the Forests of the Anthropocene -- 3. Climate and Wildfire in Western US Forests -- 4. Forest Ecosystem Reorganization Underway in the Southwestern United States: Preview of Widespread Forest Changes in the Anthropocene? -- Section II: Assessing Vulnerability and Threats to Current Management Regimes -- 5. Increasing Resiliency in Frequent Fire Forests: Lessons from the Sierra Nevada and Western Australia -- 6. Protected Areas under Threat -- 7. Mitigating Anthropocene Influences in Forests in the United States -- Section III: Adaptation Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation and Water Protection -- 8. Planning the Future's Forests with Assisted Migration -- 9. Maintaining Forest Diversity in a Changing Climate: A Geophysical Approach -- 10. Adaptation: Forests as Water Infrastructure in a Changing Climate -- 11. Water Source Protection Funds as a Tool to Address Climate Adaptation and Resiliency in Southwestern Forests -- Section IV: Transdisciplinarity in the Anthropocene -- 12. Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Forested Regions of the Western United States -- 13. Challenges and Opportunities for Landscape-Scale Management in a Shifting Climate: The Importance of Nested Adaptation Responses across Geospatial and Temporal Scales -- 14. Climate Change Effects on Forests, Water Resources, and Communities of the Delaware River Basin -- Section V: Evolving Institutional and Policy Frameworks -- 15. Policy Challenges for Wildlife Management in a Changing Climate -- 16. Evolving Institutional and Policy Frameworks to Support Adaptation Strategies -- 17. Forest Conservation in the Anthropocene: Policy Recommendations.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Climatic changesForest conservationForest microclimatologyTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.