Browsing UW-Madison Department of Geography Master's Theses by Subject "Great Lakes Region"
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More Than One Way to Kill a Spruce Forest: the Role of Fire and Climate in the Late-Glacial Decline of Spruce Woodlands Across the Southern Great Lakes Region
(2019)In the North American boreal forest, temperatures are expected to rise by 4 to 11 °C over the next century and fires are predicted to increase in size, severity, and frequency. The combination of warming and intensified ... -
Temperature Controls on No-Analog Community Establishment in the Great Lakes Region
(2018)Temperature reconstructions in eastern North America from pollen are rife in the literature, but these reconstructions cannot be used to study the sensitivity and response time of vegetation to temperature changes. Branched ...