BACKGROUND Forest dynamics arise from the interplay of chronic drivers and transient
disturbances with the demographic processes of recruitment, growth, and mortality. The …

Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires rapid decarbonization and improved
ecosystem stewardship. To achieve the latter, ecosystems should be prioritized by …

Changing disturbance regimes and climate can overcome forest ecosystem resilience.
Following high-severity fire, forest recovery may be compromised by lack of tree seed …

Patterns, mechanisms, projections, and consequences of tree mortality and associated
broad‐scale forest die‐off due to drought accompanied by warmer temperatures—“hotter …

Forest vulnerability to drought is expected to increase under anthropogenic climate change,
and drought-induced mortality and community dynamics following drought have major …

Multi‐year lags in tree drought recovery, termed 'drought legacy effects', are important for
understanding the impacts of drought on forest ecosystems, including carbon (C) cycle …

Under suitable conditions, deforested land used for agricultural crops or pastures can revert
to forest through the assisted or unassisted process of natural regeneration. These naturally …

Global change is impacting forests worldwide, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem
services including climate regulation. Understanding how forests respond is critical to forest …

In the context of complex demands on forest resources and climate change, synoptic and
spatially-explicit baseline data characterizing national trends in forest disturbance and …

Fragmentation transforms the environment along forest edges. The prevailing narrative,
driven by research in tropical systems, suggests that edge environments increase tree …