Could the boreal forest be less fragile than we think? Contrary to the predictions of models that forecast its rapid decline in favor of temperate maple forests, the ecological history of the boreal ...

Temperate forests represent a mosaic of interacting biotic and abiotic components governed by succession, disturbance and nutrient cycles. Canopy trees, understorey plants and soil microbes form ...

The study, led by researchers from the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS) at Northern Arizona University and published in Nature Climate Change, found that boreal forests dominated by ...

Litterfall—the annual deposition of leaves, twigs, bark and reproductive parts to the forest floor—constitutes a fundamental pathway for carbon and nutrient transfer from vegetation to soil. Its ...