The boreal forest biome Geographical distribution Distinguishing features Boreal wildfires Major characteristics Ecological significance Goals and scope of the book Referencesbiodiversity versus exploitation of natural resources, and the global role of these forests in climate change.The boreal forest biome is...
Results on trends of greenness indices suggest a northward shift of the boreal biome, with browning trends more dominant in the south and greening trends in the north. While these results are consistent with ours, by using tree cover as a physical measure of forest characteristics, changes in ...
Global forests have been documented to represent a consistent carbon sink1that is essential to mitigating climate warming2. The diversity of tree species in forests has been found to play a pivotal role in maintaining the functionality of forest ecosystems as a vital carbon sink on the basis of ...
The boreal forest covers 14% of the earth's vegetated surface but contains about 27% of the world's vegetation carbon and between 25% and 30% of the world's soil carbon. Unique features of this biome include cold climates, large areas of relatively flat topography, discontinuous permafrost,...
Where is the taiga located? Learn about the taiga biome, including its definition and characteristics. See the animals and plants within the taiga ecosystem. Related to this Question What animals have gone extinct in a boreal forest? What are some species that are endangered in temperate forests...
Extreme fire events (e.g., high burn severity) can break the feedback cycles which link fire characteristics, forest soils, and plant regeneration traits (Johnstone et al., 2010a). Thus, the changed fire regime may lead to the loss of boreal forest resilience by altering post-fire recruitme...
forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, and to maintain the multiple services provided to societies by this forest biome, it is pivotal to maintain an adequate share and the ecological qualities of young post-disturbance stages, along with mature forest stages with old-growth characteristics. Th...
In the northern Clay Belt region, three characteristics of the regional forest dynamics should be taken into account: 1) paludification is pervasive and widespread and has important consequences for the diversity and productivity of stands; 2) Soil burn severity is highly variable and affects tree...
This study was conducted within the Eeyou Istchee (James Bay) region of Northern Québec (Fig.1a; N51.7040721°, W76.0521982°). The sampling area is part of Québec’s boreal forest biome and is dominated by closed-crown forest stands of Jack pine (Pinus banksiana) and black spruce (Picea...
Little is known about the relationship between soil microbial communities and soil properties in southern boreal forests. To further our knowledge about that relationship, we compared the soil samples in southern boreal forests of the Greater Khingan Mountains—the southernmost boreal forest biome in the...