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 …

Abstract Purpose of Review Resilience is a key concept to deal with an uncertain future in
forestry. In recent years, it has received increasing attention from both research and practice …

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 …

Aim Climate warming and increased wildfire activity are hypothesized to catalyse
biogeographical shifts, reducing the resilience of fire‐prone forests world‐wide. Two key …

Forest degradation is a global environmental issue, but its definition is problematic.
Difficulties include choosing appropriate reference states, timescales, thresholds, and forest …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Context An increase in the incidence of large wildfires worldwide has prompted concerns
about the resilience of forest ecosystems, particularly in the western US, where recent …

Climate change is projected to increase fire severity and frequency in the boreal forest, but it
could also directly affect post-fire recruitment processes by impacting seed production …

Since 2001, climatic conditions have been notably drier than normal across large areas of
the western Canadian interior, leading to widespread impacts on the forests of this region …

Abstract Purpose of Review The increasing impact of droughts, wildfires and windstorms in
temperate areas poses a significant challenge to the adaptation capacity of forests and their …