Guillaume Peterson St?Laurent|Shannon Hagerman|Robert Kozak
What risks matter? Public views about assisted migration and other climate-adaptive reforestation strategies
University of British Columbia|University of British Columbia|University of British Columbia
worlds forests play important role regulating climate change capacity sequester carbon time also increasingly vulnerable impacts climate change western canadian province british columbia changes temperature precipitation disturbance regimes already impacting forests response observed anticipated changes adapted reforestation practices developed proposed means help forest ecosystems adjust changing climatic conditions one practice consideration assisted migrationplanting species within outside native historical range areas anticipated climatically suitable future used survey british columbias population large n 1923 quantify levels support range potential reforestation options including assisted migration adapt climate change explore factors help predict support findings reveal likely location potential public controversy resides potential implementation assisted migration strategies per se rather assisted migration strategies involve movement tree species beyond native range