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Projected changes in climate for Alberta and forest tree improvement program regions

Description

The Tree Species Adaptation Risk Management project was initiated in 2012 with the aim of generating data, scientific-based inferences and recommendations that enable the Alberta government to adopt provincial policies that integrate climate change adaptation into seed and clonal transfer guidelines for reforestation in Crown land. This report is the first in a series of reports and journal articles which will be produced from the project. It covers projections of future climates for selected climatic variables for the entire province and individual tree breeding program regions, also called Controlled Parentage Programs (CPP) regions. These projections will be integrated with the ongoing analysis on biological data and CPP-based climate change risk analysis to address questions on transfer of wild seed among seed zones; transferability of orchard seed and clones among CPP regions; and reconfiguring seed orchards and deciduous species clonal production programs to address future climatic constraints, especially drought tolerance.

Updated

June 1, 2015

Tags
TSARM Tree Species Adaptation Risk Management Project climate change climate change adaptation commercial tree improvement programs forest tree species lodgepole pine reforestation tree improvement programs white spruce

Title and publication information

Type
Report
Extent

94 pages

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Environment and Sustainable Resource Development

Contributor

Gray, Laura K.

Contributor

Hamann, Andreas

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Topic
Environment

Resource Dates

Date Created

2015-06-01

Date Added

2019-10-08T17:21:26.713213

Date Modified

2015-06-01

Date Issued

2015-06-01

Audience information

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Usage Considerations

Tree Species Adaptation Risk Management Project : Funded by Climate Change and Emission Management (CCEMC) Corporation and Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.

Licence

No licence

Contact

Contact Name

Alberta Environment and Parks