Novel disturbance regimes and ecological responses

MG Turner, R Seidl - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Many natural disturbances have a strong climate forcing, and concern is rising about how
ecosystems will respond to disturbance regimes to which they are not adapted. Novelty can …

Post-disturbance reorganization of forest ecosystems in a changing world

R Seidl, MG Turner - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Forest ecosystems are strongly impacted by continuing climate change and increasing
disturbance activity, but how forest dynamics will respond remains highly uncertain. Here …

Surviving in changing forests: abiotic disturbance legacy effects on arthropod communities of temperate forests

J Cours, C Bouget, N Barsoum, J Horák… - Current Forestry …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The increasing impact of droughts, wildfires and windstorms in
temperate areas poses a significant challenge to the adaptation capacity of forests and their …

Increasing aridity causes larger and more severe forest fires across Europe

M Grünig, R Seidl, C Senf - Global Change Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Area burned has decreased across Europe in recent decades. This trend may, however,
reverse under ongoing climate change, particularly in areas not limited by fuel availability (ie …

[PDF][PDF] Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene

JK Shuman, JK Balch, RT Barnes, PE Higuera… - PNAS …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Fire is an integral component of ecosystems globally and a tool that humans have
harnessed for millennia. Altered fire regimes are a fundamental cause and consequence of …

The evolution, complexity and diversity of models of long‐term forest dynamics

H Bugmann, R Seidl - Journal of Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To assess the impacts of climate change on vegetation from stand to global scales, models
of forest dynamics that include tree demography are needed. Such models are now …

Climate-induced fire regime amplification in Alberta, Canada

E Whitman, SA Parks, LM Holsinger… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Will forest dynamics continue to accelerate throughout the 21st century in the Northern Alps?

D Thom, W Rammer, P Laux, G Smiatek… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Observational evidence suggests that forests in the Northern Alps are changing at an
increasing rate as a consequence of climate change. Yet, it remains unclear whether the …

Widespread exposure to altered fire regimes under 2 C warming is projected to transform conifer forests of the Western United States

TJ Hoecker, SA Parks, M Krosby… - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in wildfire frequency and severity are altering conifer forests and pose
threats to biodiversity and natural climate solutions. Where and when feedbacks between …

A short-interval reburn catalyzes departures from historical structure and composition in a mesic mixed-conifer forest

TJ Hoecker, MG Turner - Forest ecology and management, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent increases in fire frequency and severity across the western US are triggering abrupt
changes in ecosystem structure and composition, especially in lower montane forests, but …