Responses of soil organic carbon to climate extremes under warming across global biomes

M Wang, S Zhang, X Guo, L Xiao, Y Yang, Y Luo… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
The impact of more extreme climate conditions under global warming on soil organic carbon
(SOC) dynamics remains unquantified. Here we estimate the response of SOC to climate …

Recent decline in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) growth extends to the northern parts of its distribution range in eastern Canada

EA Boakye, Y Bergeron, I Drobyshev… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marshall) growth in the species' southern range has
been declining since the 1980s, putting at risk a variety of ecosystem services that the …

A global synthesis and conceptualization of the magnitude and duration of soil carbon losses in response to forest disturbances

M Mayer, A Baltensweiler, J James… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Forest disturbances are increasing around the globe due to changes in climate and
management, deteriorating forests' carbon sink strength. Estimates of global forest carbon …

The 2023 wildfire season in Québec: an overview of extreme conditions, impacts, lessons learned and considerations for the future

Y Boulanger, D Arseneault, AC Bélisle… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
The 2023 wildfire season in Québec set records due to extreme warm and dry conditions,
burning 4.5 million hectares and indicating persistent and escalating impacts associated …

Tree species growth response to climate warming varies by forest canopy position in boreal and temperate forests

J Wang, L D'Orangeville, AR Taylor - Global Change Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reports of forest sensitivity to climate change are based largely on the study of overstory
trees, which contribute significantly to forest growth and wood supply. However, juveniles in …

Wildfire‐induced increases in photosynthesis in boreal forest ecosystems of North America

JE Kim, JA Wang, Y Li, CI Czimczik… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Observations of the annual cycle of atmospheric CO2 in high northern latitudes provide
evidence for an increase in terrestrial metabolism in Arctic tundra and boreal forest …

Climate sensitive growth and yield models in Canadian forestry: Challenges and opportunities

JM Metsaranta, M Fortin, JC White, D Sattler… - The Forestry …, 2024 - pubs.cif-ifc.org
Growth and yield models in forest management planning are used to project future forest
conditions and estimate quantities such as wood volume and biomass. These models are …

Assessment of suitable areas for afforestation and its carbon sink value in fragile ecological areas of northern China

S Jianfeng, G Li, Y Zhang, W Qin, G Chai - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Afforestation and reforestation are pivotal in mitigating land degradation and bolstering the
carbon sink capacity of terrestrial ecosystems. However, the potential economic …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial variation in boreal forest responses to global environmental change in western Canada

W Xu, M Hisano - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2024 - Elsevier
Boreal forests, vital carbon sinks storing about 32% of the world's forest carbon, face
significant threats from climate change. In west-central Canada, studies have primarily …

Tree rings reveal the transient risk of extinction hidden inside climate envelope forecasts

MEK Evans, SMN Dey, KA Heilman… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Given the importance of climate in shaping species' geographic distributions, climate
change poses an existential threat to biodiversity. Climate envelope modeling, the …