Climate change indirectly affects forest ecosystems through changes in the frequency, size,
and/or severity of wildfires. In addition to its direct effects prior to fire, climate also influences …

Forest succession is a dynamic process of progressive compositional development of
ecological communities of species following natural or anthropogenic disturbance. Despite a …

The vast boreal biome plays an important role in the global carbon cycle but is experiencing
particularly rapid climate warming, threatening the integrity of valued ecosystems and their …

Increasing wildfire activity in western North America has the potential to remove forest
canopy cover over large areas, increasing the vulnerability of understory plants and juvenile …

Many disturbances are shifting in severity, frequency, and extent due to changing climate
and human activities. Altered disturbance regimes can trigger shifts in ecosystem state …

Disturbances can interrupt feedbacks that maintain stable plant community structure and
create windows of opportunity for vegetation to shift to alternative states. Boreal forests are …

Tree regeneration is a critical mechanism of forest resilience to stand-replacing wildfire (ie,
where fire results in> 90% tree mortality), and post-fire regeneration is a concern worldwide …

Complex, reciprocal interactions among climate, disturbance, and vegetation dramatically
alter spatial landscape patterns and influence ecosystem dynamics. As climate and …

Root‐associated fungi play a critical role in plant ecophysiology, growth and subsequent
responses to disturbances, so they are thought to be particularly instrumental in shaping …

Young, recently burned forests are increasingly widespread throughout western North
America, but forest development after large wildfires is not fully understood, especially …