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Terrestrial Ecosystem Adaptation Steven W. Running and L. Scott Mills RFF REPORT Adaptation | AN INITIATIVE OF THE CLIMATE POLICY PROGRAM AT RFF JUNE 2009 2 Table of Contents Introduction .. 1 Climatic Means versus Extremes .. 3 Recent Historical Climate Trends and Variability .. 4 Vegetation Response and Phenology .. 6 Wildfire and Disturbance .. 9 Adaptation to Climate Change in Wild Populations .. 11 Adaptation in Place via Plasticity and/or Evolution .. 12 Adaptation via Movement and Range Shifts .. 15 The Interaction of Climate Change with Other Human Caused Stressors .. 16 Expected Future Ecosystem Trends.
RUNNING AND MILLS 4 For plants and animals, the climate extremes may be more important than changes in averages. Both high and low temperatures are potential mortality points on which natural selection will act
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