… We hypothesized there is an emerging boreal forest shift that includes browning in areas …
with early stages of a boreal biome shift. An ongoing biome shift could have wide-ranging …

… In such an extreme scenario, large regions of the boreal forests could, by the end of the
century, shift to the drier climate space normally occupied by the woodland/shrubland biome (Fig…

… the boreal forest (in both trees and forest soils), both tree growth and the areal extent of forest
cover would affect the capacity of the boreal forest … responses of the boreal forest to climate …

… In contrast, we suggest that, within central portions of the boreal forest, the … of forest
management could lead to rapid irreversible vegetation changes within boreal forests that are not …

… may invoke massive nonlinear shifts in boreal biomes. … The results support the view that
boreal forest and woodlands are … This analysis reveals that boreal forest shows no decline in tree …

… predict that boreal forests are particularly sensitive to a biome shift during the 21st century.
This shift would manifest itself first at the biome’s margins, with evergreen forest expanding …

… on biome shifts, regional forest disturbances, and tree growth, mortality and species compositional
shifts in established forest … influences timber supply and forestry. Tree species ranges …

… in the understories of boreal and deciduous forests. Before coming to … the boreal forest/deciduous
forest boundary in Lake Superior (Ontario, Canada) and potential species range shifts …

… predation by small mammals in boreal forest sites. We also expected that … forest biome;
see Table 1) could be an early indicator of temperate forest shifts into historically boreal forest …

… , and recent studies suggest that boreal forests may be increasingly vulnerable to … shifts in
fire regimes and insect outbreaks. Here we analyze interannual relationships in boreal forest …