@inbook {50278,
	title = {Land resources: forests and arid lands},
	booktitle = {The effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States.},
	series = {Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research},
	number = {Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3.},
	year = {2008},
	note = {//USDA//LTER V//entered 05/29/2008; PDF availableProCite field[6]: InProCite field[8]: Convening lead authorsProCite field[31]: Managing editor},
	month = {2008},
	pages = {362 pp.},
	address = {Washington, DC., USA},
	abstract = {<p>This synthesis and assessment report builds on an extensive scientific literature and series of recent assessments of the historical and potential impacts of climate change and climate variability on managed and unmanaged ecosystems and their constituent biota and processes. It identifies changes in resource conditions that are now being observed and examines whether these changes can be attributed in whole or part to climate change. It also highlights changes in resource conditions that recent scientific studies suggest are most likely to occur in response to climate change, and when and where to look for these changes. As outlined in the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3 (SAP 4.3) prospectus, this chapter will specifically address climate-related issues in forests and arid lands.In this chapter the focus is on the near-term future. In some cases, key results are reported out to 100 years to provide a larger context but the emphasis is on next 25-50 years. This nearer-term focus is chosen for two reasons. First, for many natural resources, planning and management activities already address these time scales through development of long-lived infrastructure, forest rotations, and other significant investments. Second, climate projections are relatively certain over the next few decades. Emission scenarios for the next few decades do not diverge from each other significantly because of the {\textquotedblleft}inertia{\textquotedblright} of the energy system. Most projections of greenhouse gas emissions assume that it will take decades to make major changes in the energy infrastructure, and only begin to diverge rapidly after several decades have passed (30-50 years).</p>
},
	keywords = {arid lands, book, chapter, climate change, desertification, report},
	url = {files/bibliography/JRN00504.pdf},
	author = {Ryan, M. G. and Steven R. Archer and Birdsey, R. and Dahm, C. and Heath, L. and Hicke, J. and Hollinger, D. and T. Huxman and Gregory S. Okin and Oren, R. and J. Randerson and W. H. Schlesinger},
	editor = {Backlund, Peter and Janetos, Anthony and David Schimel}
}
