Forests of the future: Climate change impacts and implications for carbon storage in the Pacific Northwest, USA

MJ Case, BG Johnson, KJ Bartowitz… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rising greenhouse gases are changing the Earth's climate and adversely affecting
ecosystems that currently provide a suite of invaluable benefits, from cleaning water to …

Warming-induced tree growth may help offset increasing disturbance across the Canadian boreal forest

J Wang, AR Taylor… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Large projected increases in forest disturbance pose a major threat to future wood fiber
supply and carbon sequestration in the cold-limited, Canadian boreal forest ecosystem …

Drought‐induced increase in tree mortality and corresponding decrease in the carbon sink capacity of Canada's boreal forests from 1970 to 2020

Q Liu, C Peng, R Schneider, D Cyr… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Canada's boreal forests, which occupy approximately 30% of boreal forests worldwide, play
an important role in the global carbon budget. However, there is little quantitative information …

Beneficial effects of climate warming on boreal tree growth may be transitory

L D'Orangeville, D Houle, L Duchesne… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Predicted increases in temperature and aridity across the boreal forest region have the
potential to alter timber supply and carbon sequestration. Given the widely-observed …

[HTML][HTML] Large trees dominate carbon storage in forests east of the cascade crest in the United States Pacific Northwest

DJ Mildrexler, LT Berner, BE Law… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Large-diameter trees store disproportionally massive amounts of carbon and are a major
driver of carbon cycle dynamics in forests worldwide. In the temperate forests of the western …

Carbon sequestration and biodiversity co‐benefits of preserving forests in the western United States

PC Buotte, BE Law, WJ Ripple… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Forest carbon sequestration via forest preservation can be a viable climate change
mitigation strategy. Here, we identify forests in the western conterminous United States with …

Traditional dry soil layer index method overestimates soil desiccation severity following conversion of cropland into forest and grassland on China's Loess Plateau

X Jia, C Zhao, Y Wang, Y Zhu, X Wei, M Shao - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to severe soil erosion and low crop yield, slo** croplands have been converted into
forests and grasslands during the past decades on China's Loess Plateau (CLP). The …

Near‐future forest vulnerability to drought and fire varies across the western United States

PC Buotte, S Levis, BE Law, TW Hudiburg… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent prolonged droughts and catastrophic wildfires in the western United States have
raised concerns about the potential for forest mortality to impact forest structure, forest …

Tree mortality from fires, bark beetles, and timber harvest during a hot and dry decade in the western United States (2003–2012)

LT Berner, BE Law, AJH Meddens… - Environmental Research …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
High temperatures and severe drought contributed to extensive tree mortality from fires and
bark beetles during the 2000s in parts of the western continental United States. Several …

Seasonal variability of forest sensitivity to heat and drought stresses: a synthesis based on carbon fluxes from North American forest ecosystems

B Xu, MA Arain, TA Black, BE Law… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate extremes such as heat waves and droughts are projected to occur more frequently
with increasing temperature and an intensified hydrological cycle. It is important to …