The Interactive Role of Climatic Transfer Distance and Overstory Retention on Douglas-Fir Seedling Survival and Height Growth in Interior British Columbia.

ABSTRACT: The future climatic niche of interior Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca [Mirb.] Franco) is expected to have little spatial overlap with its current range due to climate change. The resulting misalignment of the climatic niche and species distribution is expected to result in many forests becoming maladapted in their current location, thus increasing vulnerability to disturbance and reducing productivity. This novel study examined the individual and interactive effects of climatic transfer distance and silviculture systems on planted 3-year-old Douglas-fir seedlings across the natural range of interior Douglas-fir in British Columbia. Several climatic transfer distance variables were considered, and the silviculture systems tested comprised the following gradients of tree reten

SUBMITTER: Harris TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11758759 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature