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A Climate Change Atlas For 80 Forest Tree Species Of The Eastern United States
http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas/
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This is a tree species distribution atlas. It contains information for 80 species in the eastern half of the United States (east of the 100th meridian). The site contains distribution maps and tables for different climate change scenarios, life-history and disturbance attributes, ecological attributes, forest type maps, sorted lists of species importance values (by state and county) for different climate change scenarios, and more.
Intended for grade levels:
  • College (13-14)
  • College (15-16)
  • Graduate / Professional
Type of resource:
  • Visual:
    • Map
  • Text:
    • Index / Bibliography
  • Dataset:
    • In-situ
    • Modeled
Subject:
  • Climatology
  • Ecology
  • Environmental science
  • Forestry
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
The information on this page is in the public domain. The proper citation for this resource is: Prasad, A. M. and L. R. Iverson. 1999-ongoing. A Climate Change Atlas for 80 Forest Tree Species of the Eastern United States [database]. http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/delaware/atlas/index.html, Northeastern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Delaware, Ohio.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-000-453
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Author: Mr Anantha Prasad
United States Department of Agriculture, United States Forest Service

Author: Louis R. Iverson
United States Department of Agriculture, United States Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station