Congratulations to Patrick McIntyre for his PNAS paper published today, documenting the 20th century decline in large trees across California, based on comparison of VTM and FIA data. The paper is available at open access here. Some great press coverage as well:
- LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-forest-study-20150119-story.html
- National Geographic: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150119-california-forests-shrinking-climate-drought-science/
- KTVU SF news: http://wn.ktvu.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=11049705#.VL27TvDsfWs.gmail
- Nice NPR interview with Patrick: http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2015/01/22/41216/california-s-forests-see-significant-change-over-l/
- Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/20/california-big-tree-decline_n_6511870.html?utm_hp_ref=san-francisco
- UC Berkeley: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/01/20/warmer-drier-climate-altering-forests-statewide/
- Daily Cal (UCB): http://www.dailycal.org/2015/01/25/campus-team-collaborates-research-showing-decrease-diversity-california-trees/