Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses
Ecosystems in the North American Arctic-Boreal Zone (ABZ) experience a diverse set of disturbances associated with wildfire, permafrost dynamics, geomorphic processes, insect outbreaks and pathogens, extreme weather events, and human activity. Climate warming in the ABZ is occurring at over twice th...
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| author | Adrianna C Foster Jonathan A Wang Gerald V Frost Scott J Davidson Elizabeth Hoy Kevin W Turner Oliver Sonnentag Howard Epstein Logan T Berner Amanda H Armstrong Mary Kang Brendan M Rogers Elizabeth Campbell Kimberley R Miner Kathleen M Orndahl Laura L Bourgeau-Chavez David A Lutz Nancy French Dong Chen Jinyang Du Tatiana A Shestakova Jacquelyn K Shuman Ken Tape Anna-Maria Virkkala Christopher Potter Scott Goetz |
| author_facet | Adrianna C Foster Jonathan A Wang Gerald V Frost Scott J Davidson Elizabeth Hoy Kevin W Turner Oliver Sonnentag Howard Epstein Logan T Berner Amanda H Armstrong Mary Kang Brendan M Rogers Elizabeth Campbell Kimberley R Miner Kathleen M Orndahl Laura L Bourgeau-Chavez David A Lutz Nancy French Dong Chen Jinyang Du Tatiana A Shestakova Jacquelyn K Shuman Ken Tape Anna-Maria Virkkala Christopher Potter Scott Goetz |
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| description | Ecosystems in the North American Arctic-Boreal Zone (ABZ) experience a diverse set of disturbances associated with wildfire, permafrost dynamics, geomorphic processes, insect outbreaks and pathogens, extreme weather events, and human activity. Climate warming in the ABZ is occurring at over twice the rate of the global average, and as a result the extent, frequency, and severity of these disturbances are increasing rapidly. Disturbances in the ABZ span a wide gradient of spatiotemporal scales and have varying impacts on ecosystem properties and function. However, many ABZ disturbances are relatively understudied and have different sensitivities to climate and trajectories of recovery, resulting in considerable uncertainty in the impacts of climate warming and human land use on ABZ vegetation dynamics and in the interactions between disturbance types. Here we review the current knowledge of ABZ disturbances and their precursors, ecosystem impacts, temporal frequencies, spatial extents, and severity. We also summarize current knowledge of interactions and feedbacks among ABZ disturbances and characterize typical trajectories of vegetation loss and recovery in response to ecosystem disturbance using satellite time-series. We conclude with a summary of critical data and knowledge gaps and identify priorities for future study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9eb8672cdf37489581f9e434f17ff34e2023-08-09T15:17:28ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262022-01-01171111300110.1088/1748-9326/ac98d7Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responsesAdrianna C Foster0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7382-0013Jonathan A Wang1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2839-0699Gerald V Frost2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5134-0334Scott J Davidson3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8327-2121Elizabeth Hoy4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0104-5118Kevin W Turner5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3183-6092Oliver Sonnentag6Howard Epstein7https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2817-4486Logan T Berner8https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8947-0479Amanda H Armstrong9https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9123-8924Mary Kang10https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9142-384XBrendan M Rogers11https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6711-8466Elizabeth Campbell12https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3365-1526Kimberley R Miner13https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1006-1283Kathleen M Orndahl14https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4873-4375Laura L Bourgeau-Chavez15https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7127-279XDavid A Lutz16https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8780-7576Nancy French17https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2389-3003Dong Chen18https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5295-9657Jinyang Du19Tatiana A Shestakova20https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5605-0299Jacquelyn K Shuman21https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2588-2161Ken Tape22Anna-Maria Virkkala23https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4877-2918Christopher Potter24https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8949-6182Scott Goetz25https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6326-4308National Center for Atmospheric Research , Boulder, CO 80305, United States of AmericaUniversity of California Irvine , Irvine, CA 92697, United States of AmericaAlaska Biological Research, Inc. , Fairbanks, AK 99708, United States of AmericaSchool of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth , Devon PL4 8AA, United KingdomNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory , Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States of America; Global Science & Technology, Inc. , Greenbelt, MD 20770, United States of AmericaBrock University , St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, CanadaDépartement de géographie, Université de Montréal , Montréal, QC H2V 0B3, CanadaUniversity of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22903, United States of AmericaSchool of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University , Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States of AmericaNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory , Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States of America; University of Maryland , Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, United States of AmericaCivil Engineering, McGill University , Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, CanadaWoodwell Climate Research Center , Falmouth, MA 02540, United States of AmericaNatural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service , Victoria, BC V8Z 1M5, CanadaNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA 91109, United States of AmericaSchool of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University , Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States of AmericaMichigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University , Ann Arbor, MI 48105, United States of AmericaDartmouth College , Hanover, NH 03755, United States of AmericaMichigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University , Ann Arbor, MI 48105, United States of AmericaUniversity of Maryland, College Park , College Park, MD 20742, United States of AmericaNumerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, University of Montana , Missoula, MT 59812 United States of AmericaWoodwell Climate Research Center , Falmouth, MA 02540, United States of America; Department Crop and Forest Sciences—Agrotecnio Center, University of Lleida , 25198 Lleida, SpainNational Center for Atmospheric Research , Boulder, CO 80305, United States of AmericaGeophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks , Fairbanks, AK 99775, United States of AmericaWoodwell Climate Research Center , Falmouth, MA 02540, United States of AmericaNASA Ames Research Center , Moffett Field, CA 94035, United States of AmericaSchool of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University , Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States of AmericaEcosystems in the North American Arctic-Boreal Zone (ABZ) experience a diverse set of disturbances associated with wildfire, permafrost dynamics, geomorphic processes, insect outbreaks and pathogens, extreme weather events, and human activity. Climate warming in the ABZ is occurring at over twice the rate of the global average, and as a result the extent, frequency, and severity of these disturbances are increasing rapidly. Disturbances in the ABZ span a wide gradient of spatiotemporal scales and have varying impacts on ecosystem properties and function. However, many ABZ disturbances are relatively understudied and have different sensitivities to climate and trajectories of recovery, resulting in considerable uncertainty in the impacts of climate warming and human land use on ABZ vegetation dynamics and in the interactions between disturbance types. Here we review the current knowledge of ABZ disturbances and their precursors, ecosystem impacts, temporal frequencies, spatial extents, and severity. We also summarize current knowledge of interactions and feedbacks among ABZ disturbances and characterize typical trajectories of vegetation loss and recovery in response to ecosystem disturbance using satellite time-series. We conclude with a summary of critical data and knowledge gaps and identify priorities for future study.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac98d7high-latitudevegetationboreal forestArctic tundraclimate changedisturbance |
| spellingShingle | Adrianna C Foster Jonathan A Wang Gerald V Frost Scott J Davidson Elizabeth Hoy Kevin W Turner Oliver Sonnentag Howard Epstein Logan T Berner Amanda H Armstrong Mary Kang Brendan M Rogers Elizabeth Campbell Kimberley R Miner Kathleen M Orndahl Laura L Bourgeau-Chavez David A Lutz Nancy French Dong Chen Jinyang Du Tatiana A Shestakova Jacquelyn K Shuman Ken Tape Anna-Maria Virkkala Christopher Potter Scott Goetz Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses Environmental Research Letters high-latitude vegetation boreal forest Arctic tundra climate change disturbance |
| title | Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses |
| title_full | Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses |
| title_fullStr | Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses |
| title_short | Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses |
| title_sort | disturbances in north american boreal forest and arctic tundra impacts interactions and responses |
| topic | high-latitude vegetation boreal forest Arctic tundra climate change disturbance |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac98d7 |
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