The Kroof experiment: realization and efficacy of a recurrent drought experiment plus recovery in a beech/spruce forest
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3399
Abstract: Forest ecosystems play a central role in global water and carbon cycles, yet the impact of global climate change, in particular drought, on trees and forests is poorly understood. Therefore, there is an urgent need… read more here.
Keywords: spruce; beech spruce; experiment; drought ... See more keywords
Contrasting drivers and trends of coniferous and deciduous tree growth in interior Alaska.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2223
Abstract: The boreal biome represents approximately one third of the world's forested area and plays an important role in global biogeochemical and energy cycles. Numerous studies in boreal Alaska have concluded that growth of black and… read more here.
Keywords: interior alaska; deciduous tree; birch; growth ... See more keywords
Changes in forest structure along a chronosequence in the black spruce boreal forest: Identifying structures to be reproduced through silvicultural practices
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.09.059
Abstract: Abstract In managed boreal forests, partial harvesting has been proposed to promote forest structural complexity and to therefore maintain associated biodiversity. However, there have been few studies identifying forest structures that should be maintained within… read more here.
Keywords: spruce; boreal forest; spruce boreal; forest structures ... See more keywords
Mature beech and spruce trees under drought – Higher C investment in reproduction at the expense of whole-tree NSC stores
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104615
Abstract: Abstract Under drought, potential plant death from depletion of carbon (C) stores, referred to as carbon starvation, is thought to result from negative carbon balance during (partial) stomatal closure. As evidence for C starvation is… read more here.
Keywords: mature beech; spruce; beech spruce; whole tree ... See more keywords
Asynchronous recruitment dynamics of snowshoe hares and white spruce in a boreal forest
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.10.039
Abstract: Abstract Herbivores have the capacity to modify plant community composition and ecosystem structure and function via browsing. For example, moose and snowshoe hare facilitate succession in Alaska’s boreal forest by preferentially browsing early successional species… read more here.
Keywords: hare abundance; boreal forest; white spruce; spruce ... See more keywords
Release response of black spruce and white spruce following overstory lodgepole pine mortality due to mountain pine beetle attack
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.029
Abstract: Abstract Advanced regeneration of black spruce and white spruce are common in lodgepole pine dominated stands of Alberta. These economically important species have the potential to replace lodgepole pine trees that are killed by mountain… read more here.
Keywords: growth; spruce; white spruce; lodgepole pine ... See more keywords
Wood quality of black spruce and balsam fir trees defoliated by spruce budworm: A case study in the boreal forest of Quebec, Canada
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.032
Abstract: Abstract Spruce budworm (SBW – Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) is one of the most damaging defoliating insects in the coniferous forests of eastern North America. In Canada, the widely distributed balsam fir (Abies balsamea L. (Mill))… read more here.
Keywords: spruce; wood; black spruce; balsam fir ... See more keywords
Competition and climate influence growth of black spruce in western boreal forests
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.017
Abstract: Abstract The effects of competition and climate on the growth of black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP.) were examined using long term measurement data collected across the western Canadian boreal forest. Non-linear mixed effect models… read more here.
Keywords: competition; growth; climate; spruce ... See more keywords
Temperature-induced growing season drought threatens survival and height growth of white spruce in southern Ontario, Canada
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.06.022
Abstract: Abstract The adaptive capacity of boreal tree species to thrive in a warming, more variable climate has significant implications for boreal forest ecosystem structure and function. Dendrochronological and other empirical data indicate reduced growth and… read more here.
Keywords: height growth; spruce; growing season; white spruce ... See more keywords
Microsite conditions in a low-elevation Engelmann spruce forest favor ponderosa pine establishment during drought conditions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118037
Abstract: Abstract Warming climate in U.S. forests may limit future viability of dominant high-elevation species at their lower elevation range limits but favor more drought-adapted sympatric species, potentially contributing to species distribution changes. Adaptive management may… read more here.
Keywords: low elevation; microsite conditions; ponderosa pine; elevation ... See more keywords
Nutrient supply and belowground interaction alter responses to CO2 elevation in black spruce and white spruce
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118271
Abstract: Abstract The carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) in the atmosphere has been increasing since the start of the industrialization. The impact of increasing [CO2] on the physiology and growth of plants and on the composition, dynamics… read more here.
Keywords: white spruce; co2 elevation; spruce; interaction ... See more keywords