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Preparing for the Future by Looking at the Past Preparing for the Future by Looking at the Past Rick Miller Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Station GlobalOregon warming State University “Through its influence on energy balance and water availability, climate is one of the significant long-term factors driving changes in the occurrence and distribution of ecosystems and communities.” Bailey et al. 1994 Ecoregions of the US A look into the past Evidence Pollen Cores Ice Rafting Packrat Middens Middens from early cave dwellers Carbon dating Volcanic, aeolian soils, peat deposits Bristle Cone in the White Mountains - 8,700 tree ring record A.E. Douglas father of dendrochronology Pleistocene Holocene 11°F 5.5°F 3.5 -5.5°F 0 °F -3.5 -7.0 16 12 8 4 0 Thousands of years (BP) From Eddy and Bradley 1991 & Tausch et al. 1993 Elevation: [∼3.3°F (1000 ft)−1]. White Mountains, CA Central Great Basin 11000 ) 9500 ft ( 8000 Elevation Elevation 6500 5000 Lake Bonneville Base Level 15000 – 20000 yr BB = Current = Late Pleistocene Wells 1983 Central Great Basin Southern Great Basin 11000 9500 8000 Elevation (m) Elevation 6500 5000 3500 Wells 1983 Early Holocene 10,500-7,500 BP Mid Holocene 7,500 - 3,500 BP Holocene Neo-Glacial 3.5 3,500 – 2,600 BP 0 Post Glacial 2600 – 1600 BP Post-Drought Glacial & Medieval -3.5 Warm Period 1600 – 650 BP Little Ice Age 650-150 BP 8 4 0 Thousands of years (BP) Transition Period From Eddy and Bradley 1991 & Tausch et al. 1993 3.5 Medieval warm period °F 0 Little Ice Age -3.5 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 Year (A.D.) From Eddy and Bradley 1991 & Tausch et al. 1993 Migration, Extinction, Adaptation Movement of upper tree line response to temperature Lower tree line Pinyon & Juniper → White Bark → Bristle Cone Diamond Craters, OR % Juniper Grass Charcoal Sagebrush Pollen 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 Years BP (before present) (before BP Years 5000 Relative Abundance from Mehringer 1987 Temperature = +2.5°F to -2°F Precipitation amounts and season Ecological Amplitude White Mountains 3500 m Squirreltail (600-4200 m) Astragalus purshii (450-3350 m), Eriogonum ovifolium (1200-4100 m) Arenaria congestus (1200-3300 m) Alpine & Subalpine species Raspberry buckwheat (Eriogonum gracilipes) confined to dolomite areas in the subalpine and alpine, 3,000 to 4,000 m (10,000 – 13,000 ft) Drought = decline in vegetation cover & increased erosion Building of Alluvial Fans Drought of the late 1500s SanSan Francisco Francisco Peaks, Peaks, AZ AZ – 4 – Months May 17, Later 2003 (courtesy(courtesy of Neil of Neil Cobb) Cobb) Drought Infestation Dieback Conclusions from the Past Shifts in precipitation and temperatures -1 to 1.5°C had significant effects on vegetation & ecological processes Transition Period Present •Late 1800s: end of the Little Ice Age •End of native burning, hunting, and food gathering •Large build-up of livestock •Decline in fire •Introduction of new species •Elevated CO2 levels, and increasing air pollutants Large changes in vegetation One-seeded juniper Photo taken in 1899 by W. H. Jackson of Enchanted Mesa, 100 km west of Albuquerque, NM Pre & Post Weather Ecological Site Fire Behavior (climate) severity & duration crown or surface complexity, etc Plant succession Current Vegetation Disturbance History Drivers defined in an MLRA Ecological Site variables Precipitation Temperature Soils Texture %OM Depth Structure PM Topography Elevation Aspect Slope Micro topog Landform Drivers defined in an MLRA Ecological Site Potential variables Site Conditions Precipitation Temperature Effective Moisture Soils Texture %OM Soil Depth Temperature Structure PM Topography Elevation Aspect Potential Slope Vegetation Micro topog Biomass Landform Drivers defined in an MLRA Ecological Site Potential Current variables Site Conditions Conditions Precipitation Temperature Effective Moisture Soils RESILIENCE Texture %OM Soil Depth Temperature Structure PM RESISTANCE Composition to weed invasion (current veg) Topography Biomass Elevation Aspect Potential Slope Vegetation Micro topog Biomass Disturbance Landform History Mesic Frigid Cryic Aridic Xeric Xeric Resilience ARTRw ARTRv ARTRv-SYOR Warm Dry Cold wet Elevation Biomass Climate Ecological Post Fire Site Pre & Post Environment Climate Plant succession Fire Behavior Pre-fire Severity, Plant intensity, Composition complexity, etc. Plant adaptations Relatively resistant (often high elevation) communities will warm and become less resistant Plants: Change in situ in composition, migrate, or become extinct Climate Change Bird conifer seed dispersal .
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