<p><span><span><span><span><span>Climate change is projected to increase the potential for severe disturbance events that reduce forest ecosystems carbon stocks (Williams et al. 2016), while additionally affecting the growth and regeneration of extant species. Many forest management decisions aim to limit the negative impacts of disturbances while enhancing the growth of residual trees and the regeneration of desired species that represent the current and future capacity of the ecosystem to sequester carbon (McKinley et al. 2011). Often these management actions aim to enhance existing forest conditions, such as species composition and stand structural diversity that are key to the desired services provided by the forest. Slight adjustments in forest conditions can improve the retention of carbon within various forest carbon pools or enhance the rate of recovery following a disturbance event without dramatically altering the character of forest ecosystems.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p>