Andrew J Hansen

Andrew Hansen is a professor in the Ecology Department at Montana State University in Bozeman. He studies how land use and climate change influence plants and animals and implications for ecosystem management, especially in the context of protected areas. He is a member of the science leadership teams for the North Central Climate Science Center and the Montana Institute of Ecosystems.

#ForewordFriday: Climate Change in Wildlands Edition

Wildland ecosystems are facing twin threats of unprecedented climate-induced change and increased impacts from a growing human population. A unique collaboration between scientists and managers, Climate Change in Wildlands offers the framework necessary for keeping wildlands healthy on a rapidly changing planet. It sets out to understand how climate and land use changes affect mountain landscapes of the Rockies and the Appalachians, and how these findings can be applied to wildlands every