Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world
BACKGROUND Forest dynamics arise from the interplay of chronic drivers and transient
disturbances with the demographic processes of recruitment, growth, and mortality. The …
disturbances with the demographic processes of recruitment, growth, and mortality. The …
Mechanisms of forest resilience
DA Falk, PJ van Mantgem, JE Keeley, RM Gregg… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ecosystems are dynamic systems with complex responses to environmental variation. In
response to pervasive stressors of changing climate and disturbance regimes, many …
response to pervasive stressors of changing climate and disturbance regimes, many …
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 …
disturbance activity, but how forest dynamics will respond remains highly uncertain. Here …
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 …
ecosystems will respond to disturbance regimes to which they are not adapted. Novelty can …
Even modest climate change may lead to major transitions in boreal forests
The sensitivity of forests to near-term warming and associated precipitation shifts remains
uncertain,,,,,,,–. Herein, using a 5-year open-air experiment in southern boreal forest, we …
uncertain,,,,,,,–. Herein, using a 5-year open-air experiment in southern boreal forest, we …
[PDF][PDF] Wildfire-driven forest conversion in western North American landscapes
Changing disturbance regimes and climate can overcome forest ecosystem resilience.
Following high-severity fire, forest recovery may be compromised by lack of tree seed …
Following high-severity fire, forest recovery may be compromised by lack of tree seed …
Climate change, ecosystems and abrupt change: science priorities
MG Turner, WJ Calder… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ecologists have long studied patterns, directions and tempos of change, but there is a
pressing need to extend current understanding to empirical observations of abrupt changes …
pressing need to extend current understanding to empirical observations of abrupt changes …
Rethinking resilience to wildfire
Record-breaking fire seasons are becoming increasingly common worldwide, and large
wildfires are having extraordinary impacts on people and property, despite years of …
wildfires are having extraordinary impacts on people and property, despite years of …
Short-interval severe fire erodes the resilience of subalpine lodgepole pine forests
MG Turner, KH Braziunas… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Subalpine forests in the northern Rocky Mountains have been resilient to stand-replacing
fires that historically burned at 100-to 300-year intervals. Fire intervals are projected to …
fires that historically burned at 100-to 300-year intervals. Fire intervals are projected to …
A unifying framework for studying and managing climate-driven rates of ecological change
During the Anthropocene and other eras of rapidly changing climates, rates of change of
ecological systems can be described as fast, slow or abrupt. Fast ecological responses …
ecological systems can be described as fast, slow or abrupt. Fast ecological responses …