Future climate envelopes

In collaboration with experts on climate modelling, Amy Wotherspoon (PDF) will have an objective to produce consistent, fine resolution and spatially-explicit climate layers of historic trends and future projections for key variables at each Hub. She will assess likely changes in climate at each site, providing insights into how the drivers of tree growth are likely to evolve over time. Once these consistent layers have been produced, Amy Wotherspoon will utilise state-of-the-art species distribution and stand dynamics modelling approaches to map the current and future growth trends of key production species at each Hub, as well as the non-conventional timber species important for First Nations communities. Outcome (AN.1b): Early into Silva21, access to consistent spatial climate variables at all Hubs, and indicators of change of the key climatic drivers.

Amy Wotherspoon, PDF at University of British Columbia
Main Partner: Canadian Wood Fibre Centre
Professor Nicholas Coops
Collaborator Alexis Achim