Forest ecosystems are strongly impacted by continuing climate change and increasing
disturbance activity, but how forest dynamics will respond remains highly uncertain. Here …

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

Wildfires across western North America have increased in number and size over the past
three decades, and this trend will continue in response to further warming. As a …

For those concerned with the future of forests, the COVID-19 pandemic has simultaneously
offered cause for great concern, and renewed hope. On one hand, the pandemic is …

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 …

Quaking or trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is a foundational tree species,
which is native, common, and broadly distributed in North America. The ecology of aspen …

Environmental change is accelerating in the 21st century, but how multiple drivers may
interact to alter forest resilience remains uncertain. In forests affected by large high‐severity …

As temperatures continue rising, the direction, magnitude, and tempo of change in
disturbance‐prone forests remain unresolved. Even forests long resilient to stand‐replacing …

Robust tree regeneration following high‐severity wildfire is key to the resilience of subalpine
and boreal forests, and 21st century climate could initiate abrupt change in forests if postfire …

Increasing fire severity and warmer, drier postfire conditions are making forests in the
western United States (West) vulnerable to ecological transformation. Yet, the relative …