Unravelling potential northward migration pathways for tree species under climate change

Soil abiotic and biotic properties constrain the establishment of a dominant temperate tree into boreal forests

(2020) Alexis Carteron et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Globally consistent climate sensitivity of natural disturbances across boreal and temperate forest ecosystems

(2020) Rupert Seidl et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Species better track climate warming in the oceans than on land

(2020) Jonathan Lenoir et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Moderate disturbances accelerate forest transition dynamics under climate change in the temperate–boreal ecotone of eastern North America

(2020) Marie‐Hélène Brice et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Stronger influence of anthropogenic disturbance than climate change on century-scale compositional changes in northern forests

(2019) Victor Danneyrolles et al.   Nature Communications

Divergent responses to climate change and disturbance drive recruitment patterns underlying latitudinal shifts of tree species

(2019) Laura Boisvert-Marsh et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Disturbances amplify tree community responses to climate change in the temperate–boreal ecotone

(2019) Marie‐Hélène Brice et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Priority effects will impede range shifts of temperate tree species into the boreal forest

(2019) Kevin A. Solarik et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Decreased snowpack and warmer temperatures reduce the negative effects of interspecific competitors on regenerating conifers

(2019) Chhaya M. Werner et al.   OECOLOGIA

Range edges in heterogeneous landscapes: Integrating geographic scale and climate complexity into range dynamics

(2019) Meagan F. Oldfather et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Demographic compensation does not rescue populations at a trailing range edge

(2018) Seema Nayan Sheth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tree vulnerability to climate change: improving exposure-based assessments using traits as indicators of sensitivity

(2018) I. Aubin et al.   Ecosphere

Expanding, shifting and shrinking: The impact of global warming on species’ elevational distributions

(2018) Benjamin G. Freeman et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Impact of local forest composition on soil fungal communities in a mixed boreal forest

(2018) Mélissande Nagati et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

(2018) Loïc D’Orangeville et al.   Nature Communications

Local adaptation primes cold‐edge populations for range expansion but not warming‐induced range shifts

(2018) Anna L. Hargreaves et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Local adaptation of trees at the range margins impacts range shifts in the face of climate change

(2018) Kevin A. Solarik et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Tree range expansion in eastern North America fails to keep pace with climate warming at northern range limits

(2017) Fabian Sittaro et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Divergence of species responses to climate change

(2017) Songlin Fei et al.   Science Advances

Conifer Presence May Negatively Affect Sugar Maple’s Ability to Migrate into the Boreal Forest Through Reduced Foliar Nutritional Status

(2016) Alexandre Collin et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Traits to stay, traits to move: a review of functional traits to assess sensitivity and adaptive capacity of temperate and boreal trees to climate change

(2016) I. Aubin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

Climate change impacts on forest landscapes along the Canadian southern boreal forest transition zone

(2016) Yan Boulanger et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Ecological constraints increase the climatic debt in forests

(2016) Romain Bertrand et al.   Nature Communications

Traits to stay, traits to move: a review of functional traits to assess sensitivity and adaptive capacity of temperate and boreal trees to climate change

(2016) I. Aubin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

Dominant forest tree species are potentially vulnerable to climate change over large portions of their range even at high latitudes

(2016) Catherine Périé et al.   PeerJ

A biophysical approach to delineate a northern limit to commercial forestry: the case of Quebec’s boreal forest

(2015) Robert Jobidon et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Boreal forest health and global change

(2015) S. Gauthier et al.   SCIENCE

A theory for species co-occurrence in interaction networks

(2015) Kévin Cazelles et al.   Theoretical Ecology

Where and When do Species Interactions Set Range Limits?

(2015) Allison M. Louthan et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A refinement of models projecting future Canadian fire regimes using homogeneous fire regime zones

(2014) Yan Boulanger et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Climate-related range shifts - a global multidimensional synthesis and new research directions

(2014) J. Lenoir et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Temporal context affects the observed rate of climate-driven range shifts in tree species

(2014) Katherine M. Renwick et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Beyond a Climate-Centric View of Plant Distribution: Edaphic Variables Add Value to Distribution Models

(2014) Frieda Beauregard et al.   PLoS One

Shifting with climate? Evidence for recent changes in tree species distribution at high latitudes

(2014) Laura Boisvert-Marsh et al.   Ecosphere

Climate isn't everything: Competitive interactions and variation by life stage will also affect range shifts in a warming world

(2013) Ailene K. Ettinger et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Disequilibrium vegetation dynamics under future climate change

(2013) Jens-Christian Svenning et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Temperate tree expansion into adjacent boreal forest patches facilitated by warmer temperatures

(2013) Nicholas A. Fisichelli et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Geographical variation in reproductive capacity of sugar maple (Acer saccharumMarshall) northern peripheral populations

(2013) Noémie Graignic et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming

(2013) P. De Frenne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of biotic interactions in shaping distributions and realised assemblages of species: implications for species distribution modelling

(2012) Mary Susanne Wisz et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Placing Forestry in the Assisted Migration Debate

(2012) John H. Pedlar et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Uses and misuses of bioclimatic envelope modeling

(2012) Miguel B. Araújo et al.   ECOLOGY

Climate and interrelated tree regeneration drivers in mixed temperate–boreal forests

(2012) Nicholas A. Fisichelli et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Response of northeastern North American forests to climate change: Will soil conditions constrain tree species migration?

(2011) Benoit Lafleur et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

Failure to migrate: lack of tree range expansion in response to climate change

(2011) Kai Zhu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Revisiting projected shifts in the climate envelopes of North American trees using updated general circulation models

(2011) DANIEL W. McKENNEY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rapid Range Shifts of Species Associated with High Levels of Climate Warming

(2011) I.-C. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Sugar maple seedling carbon assimilation at the northern limit of its range: the importance of seasonal light

(2010) Matthew C. Kwit et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

How does a tree species influence litter decomposition? Separating the relative contribution of litter quality, litter mixing, and forest floor conditions

(2010) Jérôme Laganière et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Species distribution models reveal apparent competitive and facilitative effects of a dominant species on the distribution of tundra plants

(2010) Loïc Pellissier et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Northward migrating trees establish in treefall gaps at the northern limit of the temperate–boreal ecotone, Ontario, Canada

(2010) Mark D. Leithead et al.   OECOLOGIA

Something in the way you move: dispersal pathways affect invasion success

(2009) John R.U. Wilson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION