Future transitions from a conifer to a deciduous-dominated landscape are accelerated by greater wildfire activity and climate change in interior Alaska

• Published in: Landscape ecology Vol. 38; no. 10; pp. 2569 - 2589
• Main Authors: Weiss, Shelby A., Marshall, Adrienne M., Hayes, Katherine R., Nicolsky, Dmitry J., Buma, Brian, Lucash, Melissa S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alaska; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Boreal forests; carbon; climate; Climate change; Composition; Coniferous trees; Conifers; Deciduous trees; Ecological succession; Ecology; Environmental Management; Forest communities; forest succession; forest types; Hydrology; Landscape; Landscape Ecology; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; landscapes; Life Sciences; Nature Conservation; Permafrost; Picea mariana; Research Article; species; Sustainable Development; tree mortality; Vegetation; Vegetation effects; Vegetation growth; Wildfires; United States > US; Alaska; Boreal forest; Forest landscape simulation; Wildfire; Climate change; Random forest

Context In interior Alaska, increasing wildfire activity associated with climate change is projected to continue, potentially altering regional forest composition. Conifers are emblematic of boreal forest; however, greater frequency and severity of wildfires has been found to favor broadleaf-deciduo...