Figure 6.6

U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station
James M. Vose

This figure appears in chapter 6 of the Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II report.

This figure shows the cumulative area of disturbed forestland across the contiguous United States for 1984–2014. The small boxes illustrate how disturbances differ regionally. Data for Alaska, Hawai‘i and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands, and the U.S. Caribbean regions were not shown on the original map from the published source. Source: adapted from Williams et al. 2016.6bd92a32-feef-4b92-a124-49555ada8b5d

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References :

• Disturbance and the carbon balance of US forests: A quantitative review of impacts from harvests, fires, insects, and droughts (6bd92a32)

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