[PCA] NEWS: Climate Change Causing Demise of Lodgepole Pine in Western North America

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Mar 3 08:25:44 CST 2011


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110228121452.htm

Climate Change Causing Demise of Lodgepole Pine in Western North America

ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2011) -- Lodgepole pine, a hardy tree species that 
can thrive in cold temperatures and plays a key role in many western 
ecosystems, is already shrinking in range as a result of climate change -- 
and may almost disappear from most of the Pacific Northwest by 2080, a new 
study concludes.

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