Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Beneficial effects of climate warming on boreal tree growth may be transitory

  • Loïc D’Orangeville,
  • Daniel Houle,
  • Louis Duchesne,
  • Richard P. Phillips,
  • Yves Bergeron,
  • Daniel Kneeshaw

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05705-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The productivity of boreal forests in Eastern North America is predicted to increase with warming under sufficient moisture supply. Here D’Orangeville et al. study seven tree species and predict that growth enhancements may be seen up to 2 °C warming, but would decline if temperatures exceed this.