The Impact of Climate Change on Street Trees in California

Professor Emeritus of the Departments of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley. During his 44 year career at the University of California he taught courses in ecological analysis, forest ecology, urban forestry, and California Landscapes. He currently teaches Urban Ecology and hydrology at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. His research has focused on various aspects of urban forestry as well as studies of forest succession. The urban forest research includes studies of the effects of trees on air pollution in urban areas, transition of wildland forest to urban forests, the influence of biome characteristics on urban forests around the world, the reconstruction of urban forest destroyed by warfare, and the impact of climate change on street trees in California. McBride received a B.S. in forestry from the University of Montana and M.S. (Forestry) and Ph.D. (Botany) degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.