Northeastern Naturalist Volume 28, Special Issue 11, 2021–2022

Climate Change in the Mountains of Maine and the Northeast

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Front cover
Inside front cover
Board of Editors/indicia page
General Acknowledgments	i
Introduction: Climate Change in the Mountains of Maine and the Northeast Sarah Nelson, Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, Toni Lyn Morelli, Jay Wason, Bryan Wentzell, Rachel Hovel, Glenn Hodgkins, Abe Miller-Rushing, David Miller, Steve Tatko, Amanda Cross, and Mike Pounch	ii
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Maine’s Ecological Reserves: A Scientific Wellspring for Monitoring Natural Forest Dynamics Justin Schlawin and Andrew Cutko	1
Plant Responses to Climate Change and an Elevational Gradient in Mont Mégantic National Park, Québec, Canada Mark Vellend, Mélanie Béhé, Alexis Carteron, Anna L. Crofts, Victor Danneyrolles, Hasanki T. Gamhewa, Ming Ni, Christina L. Rinas, and David A. Watts	4
Thirteen Years of Rare Plant Population Changes in the Adirondack Alpine Timothy G. Howard, Kayla White, and Julia Goren	29
Sentinel Research Sites in Global Change Research: Whiteface Mountain, New York Jay Wason, John Battles, Monica B. Berdugo, Paul Casson, Jordon Tourville, and Martin Dovciak	47
Climate Trends on the Highest Peak of the Northeast: Mount Washington, NH Georgia L.D. Murray, Anne M. Colgan, Sarah J. Nelson, Eric P. Kelsey, and Kenneth D. Kimball	64
Understanding Northeastern US Alpine Mountains: Context, Causal Agents of Treeline, and Meteorology to Approximate their Response to Climate Change Kenneth D. Kimball, Douglas M. Weihrauch, and Georgia L.D. Murray	83
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Face of Local Uncertainty: A Phenomenological Study Lydia Horne, Sandra De Urioste-Stone, and John Daigle	108
Northeastern High-Elevation Areas: Ecological Values and Conservation Priorities David A. Publicover, Kenneth D. Kimball, and Catherine J. Poppenwimer	129
*Calling Phenology in Rana sylvatica* (Wood Frog) at High-elevation Ponds in the White Mountains, New Hampshire** Scott D. Smyers, Michael T. Jones, Lisabeth L. Willey, Tigran Tadevosyan, Joe Martinez, Kyle Cormier, and Dominic B. Kemmett	156
Future of Winter in Northeastern North America: Climate Indicators Portray Warming and Snow Loss that will Impact Ecosystems and Communities Elizabeth A. Burakowski, Alexandra R. Contosta, Danielle Grogan, Sarah J. Nelson, Sarah Garlick, and Nora Casson	180