A dendroclimatological assessment of shelterbelt trees in a moisture limited environment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.02.003
Abstract: The goal of this paper is to apply dendroclimatological methods to the analysis of two commonly planted shelterbelt tree species, Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash), and Picea glauca (white spruce), to assess their current relationship with… read more here.
Keywords: climate; green ash; white spruce; shelterbelt ... 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
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
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
Adaptive limitations of white spruce populations to drought imply vulnerability to climate change in its western range
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DOI: 10.1111/eva.12845
Abstract: A cost‐effective climate change adaptation strategy for the forestry sector is to move seed sources to more northern and higher elevation planting sites as part of ongoing reforestation programs. This is meant to match locally… read more here.
Keywords: change; white spruce; climate change; spruce populations ... See more keywords
Breeding for adaptation to climate change: genomic selection for drought response in a white spruce multi‐site polycross test
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DOI: 10.1111/eva.13348
Abstract: With climate change, increasingly intense and frequent drought episodes will be affecting water availability for boreal tree species, prompting tree breeders and forest managers to consider adaptation to drought stress as a priority in their… read more here.
Keywords: genomic selection; climate change; white spruce; drought ... See more keywords
Stand basal area and solar radiation amplify white spruce climate sensitivity in interior Alaska: Evidence from carbon isotopes and tree rings
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14511
Abstract: The negative growth response of North American boreal forest trees to warm summers is well documented and the constraint of competition on tree growth widely reported, but the potential interaction between climate and competition in… read more here.
Keywords: climate; white spruce; growth response; competition ... See more keywords
Moisture-driven shift in the climate sensitivity of white spruce xylem anatomical traits is coupled to large-scale oscillation patterns across northern treeline in northwest North America.
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14947
Abstract: Tree growth at northern treelines is generally temperature-limited due to cold and short growing seasons. However, temperature-induced drought stress was repeatedly reported for certain regions of the boreal forest in northwestern North America, provoked by… read more here.
Keywords: anatomical traits; white spruce; climate; xylem anatomical ... See more keywords
Predicting white spruce cone crops in the boreal forests of southern and central Yukon
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DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2016-0180
Abstract: White spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) cone crops were measured at five regional centers in southern and central Yukon for 30 years at one site from 1986 to 2015 and at four other sites during… read more here.
Keywords: southern central; cone crops; white spruce; spruce cone ... See more keywords
Early colonization of white spruce deadwood by saproxylic beetles in aggregated and dispersed retention
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DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2018-0104
Abstract: Retention harvests may leave retention in aggregations evenly dispersed or in various combinations. Although the relative efficacy of aggregated and dispersed retention for biodiversity conservatio... read more here.
Keywords: aggregated dispersed; dispersed retention; white spruce; colonization white ... See more keywords