Research Alert

Newswise — Each year, WCS scientists author or co-author nearly 300 peer-reviewed studies and papers.  “WCS 3 Sentence Science” is a regular tip-sheet – in bite sized helpings – of some of this published work. 

1. Climate change is altering the conditions for tree recruitment, growth, and survival, and impacting forest community composition. 
2. Researchers found that climate-induced forest mortality of Alaska yellow-cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis) is driving alternate successional pathways that are likely to lead to long-term shifts in forest community composition and stand dynamics. 
3. The analysis fills a critical knowledge gap on forest ecosystem response and rearrangement following the climate-driven decline of a single species, providing new insight into stand dynamics in a changing climate. 
WCS Media Contact:  Stephen Sautner, 7182203682, [email protected]

Study and Journal:  "From canopy to seed: Loss of snow drives directional changes in forest composition "   from  Ecology and Evolution 
WCS Co-Author(s):  Lauren Oakes , Conservation Scientist and Adaptation Specialist

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