William B. Monahan

TL;DR: The results indicate that the factors limiting a bird species' range in the Sierra Nevada in the early 20th century also tended to drive changes in distribution over time, suggesting that climatic models derived from niche theory might be used successfully to forecast where and how to conserve species in the face of climate change.

TL;DR: This work defines climate change refugia as areas relatively buffered from contemporary climate change over time that enable persistence of valued physical, ecological, and socio-cultural resources.

TL;DR: A detailed classification and high-resolution map of physiography is advanced, built by combining landforms and lithology (soil parent material) at multiple spatial scales, to prevent confounding current ecological patterns and processes with enduring landscape features and to make the physiographic classification more interpretable for climate adaptation planning.

TL;DR: Results suggest that protected areas and neighboring communities that develop adaptation strategies for these changes may be able to both capitalize on opportunities and minimize detriment related to changing visitation.

TL;DR: An assessment of exposure of U.S. National Parks to climate and land use change and consequences for vegetation communities from 1900 through 2100 is conducted and policies to better safeguard parks under broad-scale environmental change are suggested.