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Crozier, L. 2004. Warmer winters drive butterfly range expansion by increasing survivorship. Ecology. 85: 231-41.

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Heyerdahl, E.K.; McKenzie, D.; Daniels, L.; Hessl, A.E.; Littell, J.S.; Mantua, N.J. 2008. Climate drivers of regionally synchronous fires in the inland Northwest (1651-1900). International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2008(17): 40-49.

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Janowiak, M.K.; Swanston, C.W.; Nagel, L.M.; Palik, B.J.; Twery, M.J.; Bradford, J.B.; Webster, C.R.; Parker, L.R.; Hille, A.T.; Johnson, S.M. 2011. Silvicultural Decision Making in an Uncertain Climate Future: A Workshop-based Exploration of Considerations, Strategies, and Approaches. GTR NRS-81. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 14 p.

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Klein, R.J.T.; Huq, S.; Denton F.; Downing, T.E.; Richels, R.G.; Robinson, J.B.; Toth, F.L. 2007. Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation. Climate change 2007: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In: Parry, M.L.; Canziani, O.F.; Palutikof, J.P.; van der Linden, P.J.; Hanson, C.E., eds. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 745-777.

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McKenzie, D.H.; Gedalof, Z.; Peterson, D.L.; Mote, P. 2004. Climatic change, wildfire, and conservation. Conservation Biology. 18: 890-902.

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Ryan, M.G.; Archer, S.R.; Birdsey, R.A.; Dahm, C.N.; Heath, L.S.; Hicke, J.A.; Hollinger, D.Y.; Huxman, T.E.; Okin, G.S.; Oren, R.; Randerson, J.T.; Schlesinger, W.H. 2008. Land Resources (Chapter 3) In: Synthesis and assessment product 4.3, the effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States. Washington, DC: U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research.

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Stewart, I.T.; Cayan, D.R.; Dettinger, M.D. 2005. Changes toward earlier streamflow timing across western North America [pdf]. Journal of Climatology. 18: 1136- 1155.

Swanston, C.; Janowiak, M.; Iverson, L.; Parker, L.; Mladenoff, D.; Brandt, L.; Butler, P.; St. Pierre, M.; Prasad, A.; Matthews, S.; Peters, M.; Higgins, D.; Dorland, A. 2011. Ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Climate Change Response Framework Project in northern Wisconsin. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-82. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 142 p.

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Woodall, C.W.; Oswalt, C.M.; Westfall, J.A.; Perry, C.H.; Nelson, M.D.; Finley, A.O. 2009. An indicator of tree migration in forests of the eastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management. 257: 1434-1444.