scholarly journals Dynamics at the treeline: differential responses of Picea mariana and Larix laricina to climate change in eastern subarctic Québec

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 044038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geneviève Dufour-Tremblay ◽  
Esther Lévesque ◽  
Stéphane Boudreau
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Picea Mariana ◽  
Larix Laricina ◽  
Differential Responses

scholarly journals Climate change produces winners and losers: Differential responses of amphibians in mountain forests of the Near East

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. e00471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anooshe Kafash ◽  
Sohrab Ashrafi ◽  
Annemarie Ohler ◽  
Masoud Yousefi ◽  
Shima Malakoutikhah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Near East ◽  
Mountain Forests ◽  
Differential Responses

scholarly journals Comparative Height Growth of Eastern Larch and Black Spruce in Northwestern Ontario

1978 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 296-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Mead
Keyword(s):  
Picea Mariana ◽  
Black Spruce ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Larix Laricina ◽  
Stem Analysis ◽  
Northwestern Ontario ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Spruce Stands

Height growth of eastern larch (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch) and black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) was determined using standard stem analysis methods on trees from two sites in northwestern Ontario. The data were obtained from mixed larch-spruce stands which were relatively undisturbed. The larch exhibited substantially better height growth than the spruce through age 65.

Responses of boreal conifers to climate fluctuations: indications from tree-ring widths and carbon isotope analyses

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Renée Brooks ◽  
Lawrence B Flanagan ◽  
James R Ehleringer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Carbon Isotope ◽  
Tree Ring ◽  
Picea Mariana ◽  
Pinus Banksiana ◽  
Annual Growth ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Southern Boundary ◽  
The North

Spatial distribution and species composition of the boreal forest are expected to change under predicted climate change scenarios. Current research indicates that water limitations control the southern boundary of the central Canadian boreal forest and temperature limitations control the northern boundary. As part of Boreal Ecosystem - Atmosphere Study (BOREAS), we examined this idea by comparing annual variation in tree-ring widths and carbon isotope ratios ( delta 13C) of tree-ring cellulose with annual climatic parameters in the northern and southern boreal forest. Contrary to expectations, climate correlations with ring widths at the northern and southern sites were similar in black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP). Annual growth was favored by cooler and wetter conditions. For jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.), increased temperature and spring precipitation favored annual growth at both sites. In the north, annual growth was negatively correlated with winter precipitation. The delta 13C - climate correlations in Pinus banksiana followed current distribution theories. In the south, potential evapotranspiration explained significant annual delta 13C variation, whereas in the north, winter and growing season precipitation influenced annual delta 13C variations. Our data support the concept that moisture limits the southern range of Pinus banksiana and cold soil temperatures limit the northern extent. However, colder, wetter conditions favored growth of Picea mariana throughout its range. These observations strengthen the concept that species respond individually to climate change, not as a cohesive biome.

Régression holocène du couvert coniférien à la limite des forêts (Québec nordique)

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 1213-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Réjean Gagnon ◽  
Serge Payette
Keyword(s):  
Picea Mariana ◽  
Black Spruce ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Larix Laricina ◽  
Charcoal Analysis ◽  
Mosaic Landscape ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
Forest Limit

The occurrence of tamarack (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch) and black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) macrofossils or subfossils on the tundroid patches at the forest limit indicates that those patches were colonized by trees in the past. The aim of this study is to reconstruct the fluctuations of the coniferous formations by macrofossil analysis. More than 465 macrofossils and 30 charcoals were collected, 31 and 23 of which, respectively, were 14C dated. The results of charcoal analysis indicated that fires were more frequent in the southern part of the forest limits than in the northern part. During the last millenium three periods of fire (modern, 400, and 900 years) were noted in the southern part, two periods (modern and 600 years) at the forest limit, and none north of the forest limit. The majority of collected macrofossils are from the modern period; their death is related to the action of fire. The mosaic landscape of the forest tundra is related to a deterioration of the climatic conditions coupled with the history of fires.

scholarly journals Végétation tardiglaciaire et postglaciaire au sud-est du parc des Laurentides, Québec

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Labelle ◽  
Pierre J.H. Richard
Keyword(s):  
Picea Mariana ◽  
Picea Glauca ◽  
Abies Balsamea ◽  
Pinus Strobus ◽  
Larix Laricina ◽  
Betula Papyrifera ◽  
Betula Glandulosa

L’analyse pollinique des sédiments de trois lacs situés au sud-est du parc des Laurentides a permis de retracer les étapes de la recolonisation végétale post-wisconsinienne. Celle-ci s’est effectuée selon un schéma assez constant à travers le secteur à l’étude. Au début, la végétation était très ouverte, mais tout de même relativement riche en taxons herbacés et arbustifs. Cette phase initiale de végétation (sous-zone la) fut suivie, après une période de transition (sous-zone 1b), par une végétation luxuriante de type toundra (sous-zone 1c). Celle-ci fut à son tour remplacée par une végétation de type toundra arbustive (sous-zone 1d) où l’on voit s’accroître l’importance de Betula glandulosa et d’autres éléments arbustifs. Avec un certain métachronisme entre les sites, l’afforestation s’est amorcée par l’installation du Populus cf. tremuloïdes (sous-zone 2a) et s’est poursuivie par l’arrivée de Picea mariana (fin de la sous-zone 2a) puis, par celle d’une série d’arbres tels Betula papyrifera, Pinus cf. divaricata, Abies balsamea, Picea glauca et Larix laricina (sous-zone 2b). Pendant cette dernière phase de l’afforestation, l’abondance du pollen d’Alnus cf. crispa dans les spectres est maximale. Il semble qu’au moins mille ans se soient écoulés avant l’arrivée des arbres autres que le Populus cf. tremuloïdes. Par la suite, l’histoire de la végétation forestière (zone 3) a été plutôt monotone. Bien que les diagrammes révèlent des périodes de plus grande abondance de certains taxons (Pinus strobus, Picea mariana, Pinus et. divaricata), la majorité des arbres, présents actuellement dans la région, ont migré très tôt à l’Holocène.

Dendroclimatic response of Picea mariana and Pinus banksiana along a latitudinal gradient in the eastern Canadian boreal forest

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 1333-1346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika Hofgaard ◽  
Jacques Tardif ◽  
Yves Bergeron
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Picea Mariana ◽  
Pinus Banksiana ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Growth Responses ◽  
Climatic Period ◽  
Tree Ring Data

To decipher spatial and temporal tree-growth responses to climate change we used tree-ring data from Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP and Pinus banksiana Lamb. along a latitudinal transect in western Quebec. The transect encompassed the distinct transition between mixed and coniferous forests at approximately 49°N. Correlation analyses and principal component analyses were used to identify common spatiotemporal growth patterns, and site- and species-specific patterns since 1825. A moist summer in the year t - 1 and an early start of the current growing season favored growth of both species. A prolongation of the growing season into fall was the most distinguishing factor between the species. A long and gradual climatic gradient shifted to a short gradient with a clear segregation between the southern and northern parts of the transect. This shift, around 1875, was abrupt and characterized by a turbulent climatic period. The observed pattern was likely related to a large-scale shift in the mean position of the Arctic Front that occurred at the end of the 1800s. No discrete climatic setting explained the present switch from mixedwoods to conifers at 49°N. Awareness of such nonequilibrial relations between climate and species distribution is essential when assessing vegetation responses to future climate change.

scholarly journals Responses of black spruce (Picea mariana) and tamarack (Larix laricina) to flooding and ethylene

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 545-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Islam ◽  
S. E. MacDonald ◽  
J. J. Zwiazek
Keyword(s):  
Picea Mariana ◽  
Black Spruce ◽  
Larix Laricina
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