Stability of boreal forest stands during recent climate change: evidence from Landsat satellite imagery

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Author: Masek, Jeffrey G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Canada; Great Slave Lake; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00612.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2699.2001.00612.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00612.x

Aim To detect possible expansion of boreal forest stands in response to recent warming. Previous modelling studies have concluded that major shifts in vegetation patterns, including changes in boreal forest extent, could arise during the next two centuries under global warming scenarios. However, fi...