Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction Forest Conservation and Management in the Anthropocene 3
5. Section I Changing Climatic Regimes and Forest Ecosystems
6. 1 Climate Change in the Age of Humans 17
7. 2 Invasive Plants, Insects, and Diseases in the Forests of the Anthropocene 33
8. 3 Climate and Wildfire in Western US Forests 43
9. 4 Forest Ecosystem Reorganization Underway in the Southwestern United States 57
10. Section II Assessing Vulnerability and Threats to Current Management Regimes
11. 5 Increasing Resiliency in Frequent Fire Forests 73
12. 6 Protected Areas under Threat 83
13. 7 Mitigating Anthropocene Influences in Forests in the United States 99
14. Section III Adaptation Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation and Water Protection
15. 8 Planning the Future’s Forests with Assisted Migration 113
16. 9 Maintaining Forest Diversity in a Changing Climate 125
17. 10 Adaptation 139
18. 11 Water Source Protection Funds as a Tool to Address Climate Adaptation and Resiliency in Southwestern Forests 151
19. Section IV Transdisciplinarity in the Anthropocene
20. 12 Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Forested Regions of the Western United States 165
21. 13 Challenges and Opportunities for Landscape-Scale Management in a Shifting Climate 179
22. 14 Climate Change Effects on Forests, Water Resources, and Communities of the Delaware River Basin 195
23. Section V Evolving Institutional and Policy Frameworks
24. 15 Policy Challenges for Wildlife Management in a Changing Climate 211
25. 16 Evolving Institutional and Policy Frameworks to Support Adaptation Strategies 223
26. 17 Forest Conservation in the Anthropocene 235
27. Works Cited 253
28. Contributors 321
29. Index 325