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The performance of growing degree day models to predict spring phenology of herbaceous species depends on the species' temporal niche

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The concept of growing degree days (GDDs) is commonly used to predict phenological events in plants, assuming that plants develop proportionally to the accumulated temperature. Two species‐specific parameters, TBase and t0 (minimum temperature above which and start date
Robert Rauschkolb   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Below the leaves: Integrating above‐ and below‐ground phenology for earth‐system predictability

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Almost every aspect of biological systems has phenology—a pattern in activity or function linked to annual cycles. Most terrestrial phenology research focusses on leaves, the onset of leaf out or senescence.
Kendalynn Morris, Richard Nair
wiley   +1 more source

Functional traits predict changes in floral phenology under climate change in a highly diverse Mediterranean community

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Plants are shifting their flowering phenology in response to climate change, but trends differ between species and communities. Functional traits can largely explain how different species respond to climate change by shifting their phenology, and can therefore help ...
Daniel Pareja‐Bonilla   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil and microbial responses to wild ungulate trampling depend more on ecosystem type than trampling severity

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Physical trampling is a ubiquitous activity of walking vertebrates, but is poorly understood as a mechanism impacting biogeochemical cycling in soil. Lack of detailed knowledge of soil abiotic–biotic interactions underlying trampling effects, and the primary sources of ...
G. Adam Meyer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of wood‐inhabiting fungi and bacteria to dead wood decomposition varies along a regional climatic gradient

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Dead wood decomposition is a crucial ecological function in forests, influenced by climate and facilitated by microbial communities. While fungi are considered the primary decomposers, bacteria also contribute, interacting with fungi in both facilitative and competitive
Anika Gossmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mycorrhiza‐induced alterations in the spatial structure of stands in a subtropical forest

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Spatial aggregation patterns represent snapshots of ecological processes that occurred over an extensive period. Such processes can shape both the conspecific and the heterospecific spatial structure of plants across woody habitats.
Jingjing Xi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Boreal Forests and Tundra

Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 1993
The circumpolar boreal biomes cover ca. 2 109 ha of the northern hemisphere and contain ca. 800 Pg C in biomass, detritus, soil, and peat C pools. Current estimates indicate that the biomes are presently a net C sink of 0.54 Pg C yr-1. Biomass, detritus and soil of forest ecosystems (including ca. 419 Pg peat) contain ca.
M. J. Apps   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

Boreal forests on fire - Decadal wildfire impacts on boreal forest microclimate

2023
Wildfire is the most important disturbance agent in boreal forests. These disturbances play a major role in the boreal forest carbon cycle. They lead to direct CO2 and CH4 emissions during the active fire phase and to long-lasting post-fire impacts on net CO2 and CH4 fluxes through changes in forest structure and in microclimatic conditions.
Manuel Helbig, Lilly Daw
openaire   +1 more source

Boreal Forest and Forest Fires

2020
Boreal forest has played a role as sink of atmospheric CO2 due to the slow growth of black spruce; however, changes in source of atmospheric CO2 by forest fires and recent warming have significantly triggered modulation in physiological ecology and biogeochemistry over the boreal forest of Alaska.
Yongwon Kim   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Boreal Forest, Canada

2012
The vast expanse of the boreal forest in Canada is home to a diversity of wide-ranging animals, from migratory land birds and waterfowl to the largest caribou herds in the world. Boreal ecosystems are likely to experience dramatic changes in this century, particularly through anticipated alteration in vegetation and wildfire regimes as a result of the ...
Meg Krawchuk   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

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