… Yet, our capacity to anticipate the future health of the boreal forest, and its recovery from
intensifying disturbances, hinges on our ability to accurately project future boreal growth. …

… increases in productivity are unlikely to be of sufficient magnitude to offset higher emissions
from increased disturbances … future C balance of Canada’s 270 Mha of boreal forest requires …

… Increased NEP can only be realized when NPP is enhanced relative to heterotrophic
respiration. This study indicates that boreal forest C … from anticipated increases in disturbances. …

… growing season is short and in many areas the boreal forest … forest disturbance (largely by
fire but also by insect or pathogen outbreaks) have also been hypothesized. Any disturbance …

… Mercury (Hg) cycling may be altered in the boreal zone as a result of flooding and if fire
return intervals and intensities increase. Interactions of multiple disturbances may increase the …

… in order of increasing disturbance severity, and tested the response of simple plant
community-based indices of ecosystem integrity across the gradient of forest disturbance. The …

… Stand-level C dynamics in the boreal forest are characterized by post-disturbance C stock
… level that is higher (reduced disturbances) or lower (increased disturbances) than that in the …

… These inconsistent findings might be due to the differences in climate, disturbance severity,
and spatial scale. With climate change and growing disturbance in boreal forests, it is …

… popular disturbance theme among boreal forest scientists, but studies on insects and
wind-related disturbances … Our increased understanding of natural disturbance dynamics in the …

… increases in disturbance rates, regional changes in forest productivity, … on boreal forest
ecosystems. Specific objectives are to (i) identify vulnerabilities of the Canadian boreal forest …