Young and old forest in the boreal: critical stages of ecosystem dynamics and management under global change

T Kuuluvainen, S Gauthier - Forest Ecosystems, 2018 - Springer
The circumboreal forest encompasses diverse landscape structures, dynamics and forest
age distributions determined by their physical setting, and historical and current disturbance …

Does pollen-assemblage richness reflect floristic richness? A review of recent developments and future challenges

HJB Birks, VA Felde, AE Bjune, JA Grytnes… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2016 - Elsevier
Current interest and debate on pollen-assemblage richness as a proxy for past plant
richness have prompted us to review recent developments in assessing whether modern …

Boreal forests will be more severely affected by projected anthropogenic climate forcing than mixedwood and northern hardwood forests in eastern Canada

Y Boulanger, J Pascual Puigdevall - Landscape Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Context Increased anthropogenic climate forcing is projected to have tremendous impacts
on global forest ecosystems, with northern biomes being more at risk. Objectives To model …

Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the managed Canadian boreal forest

S Gauthier, P Bernier, PJ Burton… - Environmental …, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
Climate change is affecting Canada's boreal zone, which includes most of the country's
managed forests. The impacts of climate change in this zone are expected to be pervasive …

Considering regeneration failure in the context of changing climate and disturbance regimes in western North America

CS Stevens-Rumann, SJ Prichard… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Wildfire-mediated changes to forests have prompted numerous studies on post-fire forest
recovery of coniferous forests. Given climate change, a growing body of work demonstrates …

Will climate change drive 21st century burn rates in Canadian boreal forest outside of its natural variability: collating global climate model experiments with …

Y Bergeron, D Cyr, MP Girardin… - International Journal of …, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Natural ecosystems have developed within ranges of conditions that can serve as
references for setting conservation targets or assessing the current ecological integrity of …

Control of the multimillennial wildfire size in boreal North America by spring climatic conditions

AA Ali, O Blarquez, MP Girardin… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Wildfire activity in North American boreal forests increased during the last decades of the
20th century, partly owing to ongoing human-caused climatic changes. How these changes …

Boreal forests of eastern Canada revisited: old growth, nonfire disturbances, forest succession, and biodiversity

Y Bergeron, NJ Fenton - Botany, 2012 - cdnsciencepub.com
Boreal forests have commonly been described as dominated by monospecific postfire
stands that are reburnt well before other ecological process than those occurring …

Vegetation limits the impact of a warm climate on boreal wildfires

MP Girardin, AA Ali, C Carcaillet, O Blarquez… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Strategic introduction of less flammable broadleaf vegetation into landscapes was
suggested as a management strategy for decreasing the risk of boreal wildfires projected …

Fire in managed forests of eastern Canada: Risks and options

MP Girardin, AA Ali, C Carcaillet, S Gauthier… - Forest ecology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this era of climate change, understanding past and predicting future fire activity are
scientific challenges that are central to the development of sustainable forest management …