Problem
A future cd vignette will cover Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification
(BEC) zone shifts driven by climate departure. This issue is the
placeholder for the lit review backing that future vignette.
Why filed now (but not yet tackled)
Surfaces during the 3-split climate-departure lit-review work
(temperature, precipitation+drying, interpretation framing).
BEC is a separate domain (vegetation classification × climate
envelope) — gets its own issue + ragnar store rather than padding the
climate-departure ones.
Sequence after the 3-split lands:
- Current 3-split lit reviews back interpretation in vignettes that
already exist (peace-fwcp, kootenay-lake, third regional). BEC
backs a future vignette that doesn't exist yet.
- Cross-cutting BC papers (Hamann & Wang 2006, ClimateBC stack,
Mahony novel climates) will surface naturally during Issue 1
(temperature) and Issue 2 (precip+drying) — anything BC-specific
hits both. We won't lose BEC-relevant refs during the 3-split.
- By the time we pick this up, the future BEC vignette will be
scoped — the structure of the lit review will be clearer than it
is right now.
Starting candidate list (rough — will refine when active)
- Pojar, Klinka, Meidinger 1987 — BEC foundational (Forest Ecology
and Management)
- Meidinger & Pojar 1991 — Ecosystems of BC (Special Report 6)
- Hamann & Wang 2006 — Potential climate change effects on BC tree
species + ecosystems
- Wang et al. 2012, 2016 — ClimateBC / ClimateNA downscaling tools
- Mahony et al. 2018 — Novel climates in BC under projected warming
- Murdock & Cannon (PCIC) — projecting BEC zone shifts under climate
change
Out of scope (until activated)
- Anything covered by the 3-split lit reviews (temp, precip+drying,
interp framing).
- Implementation of the BEC vignette itself — separate downstream
issue once this lit review lands.
Problem
A future cd vignette will cover Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification
(BEC) zone shifts driven by climate departure. This issue is the
placeholder for the lit review backing that future vignette.
Why filed now (but not yet tackled)
Surfaces during the 3-split climate-departure lit-review work
(temperature, precipitation+drying, interpretation framing).
BEC is a separate domain (vegetation classification × climate
envelope) — gets its own issue + ragnar store rather than padding the
climate-departure ones.
Sequence after the 3-split lands:
already exist (peace-fwcp, kootenay-lake, third regional). BEC
backs a future vignette that doesn't exist yet.
Mahony novel climates) will surface naturally during Issue 1
(temperature) and Issue 2 (precip+drying) — anything BC-specific
hits both. We won't lose BEC-relevant refs during the 3-split.
scoped — the structure of the lit review will be clearer than it
is right now.
Starting candidate list (rough — will refine when active)
and Management)
species + ecosystems
change
Out of scope (until activated)
interp framing).
issue once this lit review lands.