Contributors vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Part I: General Description of the Model MC1 1 History and General Description of the Dynamic Global Vegetation Model MC1 Dominique Bachelet 3 2 Historical Climate and Suppression Effects on Simulated Fire and Carbon Dynamics in the Conterminous United States James M Lenihan and Dominique Bachelet 17 3 Challenges and Limitations of Using a DGVM for Local to Regional Applications Dominique Bachelet, Brendan M Rogers, and David R Conklin 31 4 The Making of a Dynamic General Vegetation Model, MC1 Ronald P Neilson 41 Part II: Examples of Projects Using MC1 at Various Spatial Scales 5 A Brief Description of the VINCERA Project; Vulnerability and Impacts of North American Forests to Climate Change: Ecosystem Responses and Adaptation David T Price, Daniel Scott, Mark R Lomas, Daniel W McKenney, Dominique Bachelet, Raymond J Drapek, James M Lenihan, Ronald P Neilson, F I Woodward, and Jonathan A Foley 61 6 Continent?]wide Simulations of a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model over the United States and Canada under Nine AR4 Future Scenarios Raymond J Drapek, John B Kim, and Ronald P Neilson 73 7 Drivers of Future Ecosystem Change in the US Pacific Northwest: The Role of Climate, Fire, and Nitrogen Brendan M Rogers, Dominique Bachelet, Raymond J Drapek, Beverly E Law, Ronald P Neilson, and John R Wells 91 8 Application of MC1 to Wind Cave National Park: Lessons from a Small?]Scale Study David A King, Dominique Bachelet, and Amy J Symstad 115 9 Simulating Effects of Climate and Vegetation Change on Distributions of Martens and Fishers in the Sierra Nevada, California, Using Maxent and MC1 Wayne D Spencer, Heather Rustigian?]Romsos, Ken Ferschweiler, and Dominique Bachelet 135 Part III: Packaging MC1 Results to Increase Its Usability by Managers 10 Using a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model to Help Inform Management Decisions Joshua S Halofsky, Jessica E Halofsky, David R Conklin, Dominique Bachelet, Miles A Hemstrom, Becky K Kerns, and Anita T Morzillo 153 11 Bringing MC1 Model Results to Data Basin to Facilitate Access, Distribution, and Interpretation Dominique Bachelet and the CBI Data Basin team 171 Appendix: Publications and Reports Featuring MC1 177 Glossary 183 Index 185.