Differential declines in Alaskan boreal forest vitality related to climate and competition

Structural overshoot of tree growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought-induced forest dieback

(2017) Alistair S. Jump et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Recent climatic drying leads to age-independent growth reductions of white spruce stands in western Canada

(2017) Edward H. Hogg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

(2016) Maxime Cailleret et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Increased water deficit decreases Douglas fir growth throughout western US forests

(2016) Christina M. Restaino et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No growth stimulation of Canada’s boreal forest under half-century of combined warming and CO2fertilization

(2016) Martin P. Girardin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climate, soil organic layer, and nitrogen jointly drive forest development after fire in the North American boreal zone

(2016) A. T. Trugman et al.   Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Local site conditions drive climate-growth responses ofPicea marianaandPicea glaucain interior Alaska

(2016) E. Fleur Nicklen et al.   Ecosphere

Locally Downscaled and Spatially Customizable Climate Data for Historical and Future Periods for North America

(2016) Tongli Wang et al.   PLoS One

Deciduous trees are a large and overlooked sink for snowmelt water in the boreal forest

(2016) Jessica M. Young-Robertson et al.   Scientific Reports

The role of interference competition in a sustained population outbreak of the aspen leaf miner in Alaska

(2015) Patricia Doak et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Climate change-associated tree mortality increases without decreasing water availability

(2015) Yong Luo et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Remote sensing of interannual boreal forest NDVI in relation to climatic conditions in interior Alaska

(2015) David Verbyla   Environmental Research Letters

Spatial coherence and change of opposite white spruce temperature sensitivities on floodplains in Alaska confirms early-stage boreal biome shift

(2015) Glenn P. Juday et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Stable carbon isotope analysis reveals widespread drought stress in boreal black spruce forests

(2015) Xanthe J. Walker et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Half-century evidence from western Canada shows forest dynamics are primarily driven by competition followed by climate

(2015) Jian Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pervasive drought legacies in forest ecosystems and their implications for carbon cycle models

(2015) W. R. L. Anderegg et al.   SCIENCE

On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die-off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene

(2015) Craig D. Allen et al.   Ecosphere

Short- and long-term growth characteristics associated with tree mortality in southwestern mixed-conifer forests

(2014) Jeffrey M. Kane et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Widespread negative correlations between black spruce growth and temperature across topographic moisture gradients in the boreal forest

(2014) Xanthe Walker et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Increasing summer drying in North American ecosystems in response to longer nonfrozen periods

(2014) Bikash R. Parida et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Long-term impact of a leaf miner outbreak on the performance of quaking aspen

(2013) Diane Wagner et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Trajectory of the Arctic as an integrated system

(2013) Larry D. Hinzman et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Consequences of climate change for biotic disturbances in North American forests

(2013) Aaron S. Weed et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Changes in the structure and function of northern Alaskan ecosystems when considering variable leaf-out times across groupings of species in a dynamic vegetation model

(2013) Eugénie S. Euskirchen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Species specific growth responses of black spruce and trembling aspen may enhance resilience of boreal forest to climate change

(2013) Igor Drobyshev et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fire Severity Filters Regeneration Traits to Shape Community Assembly in Alaska’s Boreal Forest

(2013) Teresa N. Hollingsworth et al.   PLoS One

Observations from old forests underestimate climate change effects on tree mortality

(2013) Yong Luo et al.   Nature Communications

Temperature and vegetation seasonality diminishment over northern lands

(2013) L. Xu et al.   Nature Climate Change

Corrigendum: Satellite observations of high northern latitude vegetation productivity changes between 1982 and 2008: ecological variability and regional differences

(2012) Pieter S A Beck et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Potential shifts in dominant forest cover in interior Alaska driven by variations in fire severity

(2011) K. Barrett et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Changes in forest productivity across Alaska consistent with biome shift

(2011) Pieter S. A. Beck et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A drought-induced pervasive increase in tree mortality across Canada's boreal forests

(2011) Changhui Peng et al.   Nature Climate Change

Evidence and implications of recent and projected climate change in Alaska's forest ecosystems

(2011) Jane M. Wolken et al.   Ecosphere

Massive mortality of aspen following severe drought along the southern edge of the Canadian boreal forest

(2010) MICHAEL MICHAELIAN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Radial growth response of four dominant boreal tree species to climate along a latitudinal gradient in the eastern Canadian boreal forest

(2009) JIANGUO HUANG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States

(2009) P. J. van Mantgem et al.   SCIENCE

Cross-scale Drivers of Natural Disturbances Prone to Anthropogenic Amplification: The Dynamics of Bark Beetle Eruptions

(2008) Kenneth F. Raffa et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Could increased boreal forest ecosystem productivity offset carbon losses from increased disturbances?

(2007) W. A Kurz et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES