Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate

WRL Anderegg, JA Hicke, RA Fisher, CD Allen… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to drive increased tree mortality through drought, heat stress,
and insect attacks, with manifold impacts on forest ecosystems. Yet, climate‐induced tree …

Insects in fluctuating thermal environments

H Colinet, BJ Sinclair, P Vernon… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
All climate change scenarios predict an increase in both global temperature means and the
magnitude of seasonal and diel temperature variation. The nonlinear relationship between …

[PDF][PDF] Development of gridded surface meteorological data for ecological applications and modelling

JT Abatzoglou - International journal of climatology, 2013 - researchgate.net
Landscape-scale ecological modelling has been hindered by suitable high-resolution
surface meteorological datasets. To overcome these limitations, desirable spatial attributes …

Cold truths: how winter drives responses of terrestrial organisms to climate change

CM Williams, HAL Henry, BJ Sinclair - Biological Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Winter is a key driver of individual performance, community composition, and ecological
interactions in terrestrial habitats. Although climate change research tends to focus on …

Climate change and bark beetles of the western United States and Canada: direct and indirect effects

BJ Bentz, J Régnière, CJ Fettig, EM Hansen… - …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Climatic changes are predicted to significantly affect the frequency and severity of
disturbances that shape forest ecosystems. We provide a synthesis of climate change effects …

Consequences of climate change for biotic disturbances in North American forests

AS Weed, MP Ayres, JA Hicke - Ecological Monographs, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
About one‐third of North America is forested. These forests are of incalculable value to
human society in terms of harvested resources and ecosystem services and are sensitive to …

Cross-scale drivers of natural disturbances prone to anthropogenic amplification: the dynamics of bark beetle eruptions

KF Raffa, BH Aukema, BJ Bentz, AL Carroll… - Bioscience, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Biome-scale disturbances by eruptive herbivores provide valuable insights into species
interactions, ecosystem function, and impacts of global change. We present a conceptual …

Effects of biotic disturbances on forest carbon cycling in the U nited S tates and C anada

JA Hicke, CD Allen, AR Desai, MC Dietze… - Global Change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Forest insects and pathogens are major disturbance agents that have affected millions of
hectares in N orth A merica in recent decades, implying significant impacts to the carbon (C) …

Natural history and ecology of bark beetles

KF Raffa, JC Gregoire, BS Lindgren - Bark beetles, 2015 - Elsevier
Scolytine beetles show enormous diversity in their mating behaviors, host plant
associations, chemical and acoustic signaling, symbiotic relationships, and other critical …

Responses of insect pests, pathogens, and invasive plant species to climate change in the forests of northeastern North America: what can we predict?

JS Dukes, J Pontius, D Orwig… - Canadian journal of …, 2009 - cdnsciencepub.com
Climate models project that by 2100, the northeastern US and eastern Canada will warm by
approximately 3–5° C, with increased winter precipitation. These changes will affect trees …