The boreal forest, one of the largest biomes on Earth, provides ecosystem services that
benefit society at levels ranging from local to global. Currently, about two-thirds of the area …

Canadian boreal woodlands and forests cover approximately 3.09× 106 km2, located within
a larger boreal zone characterized by cool summers and long cold winters. Warming since …

The boreal zone and its ecosystems provide numerous provisioning, regulating, cultural,
and supporting services. Because of its resources and its hydroelectric potential, Canada's …

Canada's managed boreal forest, 54% of the nation's total boreal forest area, stores 28 Pg
carbon (C) in biomass, dead organic matter, and soil pools. The net C balance is dominated …

Much of Canada's terrestrial biodiversity is supported by boreal forests. Natural resource
development in boreal forests poses risks to this biodiversity. This paper reviews the …

The circumboreal forest encompasses diverse landscape structures, dynamics and forest
age distributions determined by their physical setting, and historical and current disturbance …

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 …

Leafminers are a taxonomically diverse group of endophagous insects. A number of them
are pests in forestry, horticulture and agriculture, and some of them have become important …

Aim Terrestrial invertebrates comprise a large proportion of alien species world‐wide, yet a
quantitative global synthesis of their effects on native species and ecosystems has not been …

Site preparation for oil and gas extraction often requires the complete removal of vegetation
and surface soil on the well pad. Although subsequent reclamation then attempts to restore …