Overview:

For the first episode of this series, we want to introduce who we are and what we do! In this episode I’m joined by Dr. Linda Nagel, who is the co-founder and leader of the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) Network. First, we discuss Linda’s connection to silviculture, and how the field relates to climate adaptation. We then chat about the Network’s conceptualization, and the many bright minds involved in its creation. Afterwards, we dive deep into the Network’s purpose and protocols, and end by discussing the Network’s recently published paper: Ten Years of Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: An Applied, Co-Produced Experimental Framework. Check out the resources below for help with terminology and more information about the Network, where we work, and what we do; and be sure to look for new episodes every other Monday!  You can read the transcript for this episode on the ASCC Network website linked here.

Check out these definitions and resources for information about topics discussed in this episode:

Definitions:

Ecophysiology as defined by ScienceDirect is “the study of the complex relationship between an organism’s internal environment and external environmental factors, focusing on how organisms respond to and adapt to specific ecological pressures.” 

Spectroradiometer as defined by Taylor & Francis is “an instrument that quantifies the energy of light waves at different wavelengths [and] is used to measure the intensity of optical radiation and its spectral distribution.” 

Forest assisted migration is the human-assisted movement of future climate-adapted tree species, populations or genotypes to areas outside of their historical distributions to maintain biological diversity or ecosystem function in response to climate change (Palik et al., 2022). 

Desired future conditions “express the ecosystem conditions that are preferred by stakeholders and managers” (Nagel et al., 2025).

Resources

The ASCC Network’s recent paper published in Bioscience: Ten Years of Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: An Applied, Co-Produced Experimental Framework. 

The ASCC Network about page. 

The ASCC Network’s experimental design (RRT + no action) web page. 

The Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS) about page. 

The National Advanced Silviculture Program (NASP) home page. 

The Climate Change Response Framework (CCRF) home page. 

Summary of the 2009 National Silviculture Workshop. 

Music Attribution
The intro and outro music used in this podcast is from the song Harmony by artist Ketsa. The track used is licensed under Creative Commons License BY 4.0.