Ecosystems are dynamic systems with complex responses to environmental variation. In
response to pervasive stressors of changing climate and disturbance regimes, many …

Tipping elements are components of the Earth system which may respond nonlinearly to
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …

In boreal forests, climate warming is shifting the wildfire disturbance regime to more frequent
fires that burn more deeply into organic soils, releasing sequestered carbon to the …

Acting as a top-down control on fire activity, climate strongly affects wildfire in North
American ecosystems through fuel moisture and ignitions. Departures from historical fire …

As temperatures continue rising, the direction, magnitude, and tempo of change in
disturbance‐prone forests remain unresolved. Even forests long resilient to stand‐replacing …

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 …

Forecasting the risks of climate change for species and ecosystems is necessary for
developing targeted conservation strategies. Previous risk assessments mapped the …

Many disturbances are shifting in severity, frequency, and extent due to changing climate
and human activities. Altered disturbance regimes can trigger shifts in ecosystem state …

Fire is a dominant disturbance in temperate and boreal biomes, and increasing burned area
with climate change may fundamentally alter forests. Improved information about how fire …

Forest characteristics, structure, and dynamics within the North American boreal region are
heavily influenced by wildfire intensity, severity, and frequency. Increasing temperatures are …