Understanding of the determinants of species' geographic range limits remains poorly
integrated. In part, this is because of the diversity of perspectives on the issue, and because …

Plant species distribution and plant community composition vary along environmental
gradients. At the continental scale, climate plays a major role in determining plant …

Climate change in the coming centuries will be characterized by interannual, decadal, and
multidecadal fluctuations superimposed on anthropogenic trends. Predicting ecological and …

Fire history was reconstructed for an area of 15 000 km2 located in the transition zone
between the mixed and coniferous forests in Quebec's southern boreal forest. We used …

There is general consensus that wildfires in boreal forests will increase throughout this
century in response to more severe and frequent drought conditions induced by climate …

Aim Species distribution models typically project climatically suitable habitat for trees in
eastern North America to shift hundreds of kilometres this century. We simulated potential …

We consider the implications of climate change on the future of the three dominant forest
species, sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.), white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) …

Aim Climate‐induced range expansion ultimately implies recruitment at sites that were
previously unoccupied by a species (ie colonization events). Using evidence on abiotic …

With climate change, climatic optima are shifting poleward more rapidly than tree migration
processes, resulting in a mismatch between species distributions and bioclimatic envelopes …

Mast-seeding conifers such as Picea glauca exhibit synchronous production of large seed
crops over wide areas, suggesting climate factors as possible triggers for episodic high seed …