Mountain pine beetle and forest carbon feedback to climate change

Kurz, Werner A.; Dymond, Caren C.; Stinson, G.; Rampley, G. J.; Neilson, E. T.; Carroll, Allan L.; Ebata, Tim; Safranyik, L.

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“…In Japan, the American fall webworm Hyphantria cunea shifted from having two generations per year to three in at least a part of its range; in addition, important changes in some life-history traits, such as the crucial photoperiod for diapause induction, have occurred, enabling the species to expand its range, mainly towards the north of Japan [42]. Similarly, in European mountain forests, the native spruce bark beetle Ips typographus is changing voltinism as a consequence of the disproportionately large warming at high elevations [43], which could result in unprecedented outbreaks, as seen with the mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae in British Columbia, Canada [44]. The same might also affect coniferous plantations in areas outside the native range, where conifers had been introduced for commercial purposes.…”

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Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities

Walther¹,

Roques²,

Hulme³

et al. 2009

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities

Walther¹,

Roques²,

Hulme³

et al. 2009

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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“…Most importantly, climate change and variability have the potential to interact with land use change and alter disturbance regimes to exacerbate the direct impacts on water quality and quantity (Wilcox, 2010). For example, warming and drought in North America has resulted in widespread mountain pine beetle infestations throughout the western United States and Canada (Kurz et al, 2008), and warming has modified snow regimes (Barnett et al, 2008) and has increased the frequency and severity of large wildfires (Westerling et al, 2006). The effects of these types disturbances on water quantity and quality under historic climatic conditions and disturbance regimes are well understood (National Research Council of the National Academies, 2008); however, it is less certain whether similar responses (and management actions to mitigate responses) can be expected under climate change and new disturbance regimes.…”

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Forest ecohydrological research in the 21st century: what are the critical needs?

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Modern ecohydrologic science will be critical for providing the best information to policy makers and society to address water resource challenges in the 21st century. Implicitly, ecohydrology involves understanding both the functional interactions among vegetation, soils, and hydrologic processes at multiple scales and the linkages among upland, riparian, and aquatic components. In this paper, we review historical and contemporary ecohydrologic science, focusing on watershed structure and function and the threats to watershed structure and function. Climate change, land use change, and invasive species are among the most critical contemporary issues that affect water quantity and quality, and a mechanistic understanding of watershed ecosystem structure and function is required to understand their impacts on water quantity and quality. Economic and social values of ecosystem services such as water supply from forested watersheds must be quantified in future research, as land use decisions that impact ecohydrologic function are driven by the interplay among economic, social, political, and biological constraints. Future forest ecohydrological research should focus on: (1) understanding watershed responses to climate change and variability, (2) understanding watershed responses to losses of native species or additions of non-native species, (3) developing integrated models that capitalize on long-term data, (4) linking ecohydrologic processes across scales, and (5) managing forested watersheds to adapt to climate change. We stress that this new ecohydrology research must also be integrated with socio-economic disciplines. Published in 2011. This article is a US Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.

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“…Lengthening of the snow-free season is encouraging shrub growth in the tundra (Chapin et al 2005), and also greening of the boreal forest further south (Lucht et al 2002). In western Canada, the boreal forest is suffering from an invasion of mountain pine beetle that is linked to climate warming (Kurz et al 2008a). This has caused widespread tree mortality and has turned the nation's forests from a carbon sink to a carbon source (Kurz et al 2008b).…”

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“…Permafrost is thawing rapidly in Northern Alaska and forming thermokast lakes (Jorgenson et al 2006). A massive insect outbreak has struck the boreal forest in Western Canada (Kurz et al 2008a). The list goes on.…”

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Arctic Climate Tipping Points

Lenton

2012

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There is widespread concern that anthropogenic global warming will trigger Arctic climate tipping points. The Arctic has a long history of natural, abrupt climate changes, which together with current observations and model projections, can help us to identify which parts of the Arctic climate system might pass future tipping points. Here the climate tipping points are defined, noting that not all of them involve bifurcations leading to irreversible change. Past abrupt climate changes in the Arctic are briefly reviewed. Then, the current behaviour of a range of Arctic systems is summarised. Looking ahead, a range of potential tipping phenomena are described. This leads to a revised and expanded list of potential Arctic climate tipping elements, whose likelihood is assessed, in terms of how much warming will be required to tip them. Finally, the available responses are considered, especially the prospects for avoiding Arctic climate tipping points.

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Mountain pine beetle and forest carbon feedback to climate change

Cited by 1,671 publications

References 19 publications

Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities

Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities

Forest ecohydrological research in the 21st century: what are the critical needs?

Arctic Climate Tipping Points

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