Climate-change impacts on forests  may affect timber production by altering tree species distributions, productivity, and wildfire and insect disturbances . Southern or drier locations may shift from forests to other vegetation types, whereas higher-latitude areas may experience forest expansion . Tree species composition is projected to change with climate change . Tree growth may increase or decrease from changes in temperature or moisture depending on location, with lower growth expected from warming in water-limited areas . Increased productivity associated with more favourable climate conditions is projected for boreal forests , although in some regions, growth will reverse and decline with additional warming . As a result of these changes, timber yields in North America either may increase in the future  or decrease (Boulanger et al., 2014; McKenney et al., 2016;
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