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Wildfire Ecology in Continuous Permafrost Zone
M. A. Sofronov,A. V. Volokitina +1 more
- pp 59-82
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In particular, fluctuations in climate and weather during drought periods affect vegetation both directly and indirectly through factors such as those related to forest fires as discussed by the authors, which are ecologically the most important factors influencing the differentiation and character of the vegetation cover at a global scale.Abstract:
Climatic conditions are ecologically the most important factors influencing the differentiation and character of the vegetation cover at a global scale (Archibold 1995). In particular, fluctuations in climate and weather during drought periods affect vegetation both directly and indirectly through factors such as those related to forest fires.read more
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Satellite observations of high northern latitude vegetation productivity changes between 1982 and 2008: ecological variability and regional differences
Pieter S. A. Beck,Scott J. Goetz +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared spatiotemporal patterns in remotely sensed vegetation productivity in the tundra and boreal zones of North America and Eurasia and analyzed how temporal changes in productivity differed along an evergreen-deciduous gradient in boreal Alaska, along a shrub cover gradient in Arctic Alaska, and during succession after fire in North American and northern Eurasia.
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Remote Sensing Techniques in Monitoring Post-Fire Effects and Patterns of Forest Recovery in Boreal Forest Regions: A Review
Thuan Chu,Xulin Guo +1 more
TL;DR: The review reveals that remote sensing-based monitoring of post-fire effects and forest recovery patterns in boreal forest regions is not only limited by the gaps in both field data and remotely sensed data, but also the complexity of far-northern fire regimes, climatic conditions and environmental conditions.
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Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions
Michael M. Loranty,Benjamin W. Abbott,Daan Blok,Thomas A. Douglas,Howard E. Epstein,Bruce C. Forbes,Benjamin M. Jones,Alexander Kholodov,Heather Kropp,Avni Malhotra,Steven D. Mamet,Isla H. Myers-Smith,Susan M. Natali,Jonathan A. O'Donnell,Gareth K. Phoenix,Adrian V. Rocha,Oliver Sonnentag,Ken D. Tape,Donald A. Walker +18 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review how Arctic and boreal ecosystem processes influence thermal dynamics in permafrost soil and how these linkages may evolve in response to climate change, and show that changes in vegetation and ecosystem distribution will lead to regional and global biophysical and biogeochemical climate feedbacks that may compound or offset local impacts.
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Plant response to climate change along the forest-tundra ecotone in northeastern Siberia
TL;DR: Both satellite and tree-ring analyses indicated that plant growth was constrained by both low temperatures and limited moisture availability and, furthermore, that warming enhanced growth, which implies that projections of future forest distribution and productivity in this area should take into account the interactions of energy and moisture limitations.
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Carbon Accumulation Patterns During Post-Fire Succession in Cajander Larch (Larix cajanderi) Forests of Siberia
Heather D. Alexander,Michelle C. Mack,Scott J. Goetz,Michael M. Loranty,Pieter S. A. Beck,Kamala Earl,Sergey A. Zimov,Sergey Davydov,Catharine C. Thompson +8 more
TL;DR: This article evaluated above-and belowground C pools within 17 Cajander larch (Larix cajanderi) stands of northeastern Siberia that varied in both years since fire and stand density.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the ecology of world vegetation and its relationship with world vegetation, and propose a method to classify the world vegetation as either tropical or subtropical.
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Fire in ecosystems of boreal Eurasia.
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The Role of Bryophytes in Nutrient Cycling in the Taiga
Walter C. Oechel,K. Van Cleve +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the bryophytes of the boreal forest are interesting in that they may form a minor element of the community in terms of biomass, while simultaneously being a major element of cover and primary productivity.
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Forest ecosystems in the Alaskan taiga
TL;DR: The first volume in the series "Ecological Studies" as mentioned in this paper provides an overview and synthesis of research on the structure and function of taiga forest ecosystems of interior Alaska, and discusses the nature of the taiga environment and covers climate, forest ecosystem distribution, natural regeneration of vegetation, and role of fire.
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Ecology: human role in Russian wild fires.
TL;DR: Examination of forest-fire events across the boreal Russian Federation for the period 2002 to 2005 shows that there were more fires in years during which the weather was anomalous, but that more than 87% of fires in boreal Russia were started by people.