Patterns and drivers of recent land cover change on two trailing-edge forest landscapes

•Trailing-edge forests in the western US are vulnerable to climate impacts.•Annual maps of land cover revealed minor declines in total forest cover since 1985.•Pine-oak cover increased since 2000, but other conifer-dominated forests decreased.•Wildfire and drought were major drivers of forest change...

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Published in:	Forest ecology and management Vol. 521; p. 120449
Main Authors:	Rodman, Kyle C., Crouse, Joseph E., Donager, Jonathon J., Huffman, David W., Sánchez Meador, Andrew J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier B.V 01.10.2022
Subjects:	administrative management Arizona bark beetles climate climate change Climate impacts conifers Curculionidae die-off drought ecosystems Forest composition forest dynamics forests growth rings Juniperus land cover Landsat Landsat time series landscapes Pinus edulis Pinus monophylla Pinus ponderosa Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum pinyon-juniper Quercus Scolytidae Southwestern United States spatial data time series analysis trees Type conversion wildfires Arizona Landsat time series Forest composition Southwestern United States Climate impacts Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum Type conversion
ISSN:	0378-1127, 1872-7042
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