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 …

Wildland fire is a global phenomenon, and a result of interactions between climate–weather,
fuels and people. Our climate is changing rapidly primarily through the release of …

Tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) is a method of scientific dating based on the analysis of
tree-ring growth patterns. As author James Speer notes, trees are remarkable bioindicators …

This is the second edition of Climate Time Series Analysis which was first published in 2010.
In this digital age, a second edition means not that the first edition of a book has been sold …

An increasing number of studies conclude that water limitations and heat stress may hinder
the capacity of black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) trees, a dominant species of …

The boreal forest is a vast biome encompassing approximately one-third (30%) of the
world's forest area. It harbors about half of the world's remaining natural and near-natural …

To address the central question of how climate change influences tree growth within the
context of global warming, we used dendroclimatological analysis to understand the …

This paper analyses the observed spatiotemporal characteristics of drought in the Czech
Republic during the growing season (April to September) as quantified using the …

The area burned in the North American boreal forest is controlled by the frequency of mid-
tropospheric blocking highs that cause rapid fuel drying. Climate controls the area burned …

Since human activities and ecosystem health are dependent on adequate, reliable water
supplies, droughts pose a serious threat to society and the environment. Large-area …