Late Holocene Vegetation History of the Forest Tension Zone in Central Lower Michigan, USA

Hupy, Christina M.; Yansa, Catherine H.

doi:10.2747/0272-3646.30.3.205

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“…Examined from a broad perspective, however, the species composition and forest structure of the post-logging vegetation differ from those characteristics of the forests that Euro-Americans encountered when they settled the Upper Midwest (Figure 10a-c; e.g. Cole et al 2003;Hupy and Yansa 2009;Schulte et al 2007;Zhang et al 2000). The fire-degraded soils and lack of pine seeds favored other species over white and red pine.…”

Section: The Influence Of Logging On Vegetationmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Tall pine (i.e. both white and red pines) forests in the Great Lakes region may have originated following lightning‐ignited fires associated with the cooler Little Ice Age climate, which began about 500 calendar years bp (Heinselman 1996; Hupy and Yansa 2009). Curtis (1959) asserted that the giant white pine trees cut during the lumbering era were about 400 years old and had grown up following widespread catastrophic fires in the 1400s.…”

Section: Natural Disturbance In White Pine Forestsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…After documenting centennial‐scale vegetation shifts in central Lower Michigan and rapid movement of the geographic range of tree species as temperature shifted just 1 °C–2 °C over the last 2 ka, Hupy and Yansa (2009) concluded that current forest cover in the region will change substantially in the 21st century given the predicted increase in temperature of 2 °C–4 °C and the 15–20% more precipitation expected in the Great Lakes region (Kutzbach et al. 2005).…”

Section: Global Change Will Affect the Distribution Of Eastern White mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…After documenting centennial-scale vegetation shifts in central Lower Michigan and rapid movement of the geographic range of tree species as temperature shifted just 1°C-2°C over the last 2 ka, Hupy and Yansa (2009) concluded that current forest cover in the Fig. 13.…”

Section: Global Change Will Affect the Distribution Of Eastern White mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Past and Future of White Pine Forests in the Great Lakes Region

Ziegler

2010

Geography Compass

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Eastern white pine plays an important role in the Great Lakes ecosystems of the Upper Midwest. White pine forests were even more extensive two centuries ago before the logging industry, logging‐related fires, subsequent fire suppression, and changing forest‐management goals of Euro‐American settlers profoundly altered the species composition and structure of the pine stands. Pine forests of the Great Lakes region have not recovered from the logging era because multiple factors have impeded the successful establishment of pine seedlings and saplings. Herbivores, diseases, insect pests, fire suppression, and climate change affect the current distribution of white pine and will influence future management decisions. Efforts to rejuvenate the pine forests will be expensive, time consuming, labor intensive, and slow, so desired future conditions should be chosen carefully. White pine persists in the Lake States despite environmental and land‐use changes, and it probably will continue to thrive on certain sites. With a better appreciation of the biophysical and human geography that help explain the dynamics of eastern white pine in the Lake States, we can decide how directly we wish to help the species adapt to the rapidly changing environment.

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Section: The Influence Of Logging On Vegetationmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Natural Disturbance In White Pine Forestsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Global Change Will Affect the Distribution Of Eastern White mentioning

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Section: Global Change Will Affect the Distribution Of Eastern White mentioning

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The Past and Future of White Pine Forests in the Great Lakes Region

Ziegler

2010

Geography Compass

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“…Trees are long‐lived, habitat‐forming organisms (Thomsen et al 2010), and their presence, absence, and abundance are reflective of century‐ to millennium‐scale climate regimes. Repeated southward and northward range shifts have been documented in concert with dramatic, large‐scale climatic swings during glacial events (Comes and Kadereit 1998, Svenning and Skov 2007) and shorter, more localized climatic events, such as the Little Ice Age (Hupy and Yansa 2009). Contemporary, localized range shifts have been documented globally (Davis and Shaw 2001).…”

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Biotic filtering of northern temperate tree seedling emergence in beyond‐range field experiments

Evans¹,

Crofts²,

Brown³

2020

Ecosphere

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Citation: Evans, P., A. L. Crofts and C. D. Brown. 2020. Biotic filtering of northern temperate tree seedling emergence in beyond-range field experiments. Ecosphere 11(5):Abstract. Changing climatic regimes are causing increasing temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and are subsequently expected to impact the spatial distribution of species. The distribution of plants at the scale of continents broadly conforms to the climatological regimes at play; however, in scaling down to the regional and landscape context, the influence of climate becomes confounded by complex and interacting biotic and abiotic factors. These factors have often been cited as important variables in determining the locations of biome overlap, including the boreal forest-temperate forest ecotone (BTE). The BTE exists as a broad latitudinal swath between the boreal and temperate forest biomes in the eastern half of North America. While the impact of non-climatic factors on the location of the BTE has been investigated within the ecotone, few studies focus on how these same factors are shaping the colonization of the southern boreal forest by northern temperate tree species as part of a potential northward shift of the BTE. The effects of seed and seedling herbivory, substrate composition, microclimate, and canopy composition on seedling emergence of four northern temperate tree species were investigated in a beyond-range seeding experiment spanning the southern portion of the island of Newfoundland, Canada. To represent a range of temperate tree reproductive strategies, we examined two small-seeded tree species, Betula alleghaniensis and Thuja occidentalis, and two tree species with large seeds relative to typical boreal forest species, Acer saccharum and Fraxinus nigra. The results of this experiment show a reproductive strategy-dependent emergence response; large seeds and seedlings appear more vulnerable to predation, while small seeds are more vulnerable to smothering by leaf litter. Canopies with greater representation of deciduous species posed a significant barrier to small seeds that produce small seedlings, while the food-rich reward of the larger seeds made for attractive targets to granivorous vertebrates. This work represents a rare glimpse at the challenges northern temperate tree species will face if they are to colonize the southern boreal forest and track changing climates as is broadly expected.

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Examining climate and composition differences in eastern North American temperate forests using pollen ratios and pollen assemblage cluster analysis

Bragg,

Commerford

2024

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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Late Holocene Vegetation History of the Forest Tension Zone in Central Lower Michigan, USA

Cited by 18 publications

References 69 publications

The Past and Future of White Pine Forests in the Great Lakes Region

The Past and Future of White Pine Forests in the Great Lakes Region

Biotic filtering of northern temperate tree seedling emergence in beyond‐range field experiments

Examining climate and composition differences in eastern North American temperate forests using pollen ratios and pollen assemblage cluster analysis

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