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Carbon gain phenologies of spring-flowering perennials in a deciduous forest indicate a novel niche for a widespread invader

• Strategies of herbaceous species in deciduous forests are often characterized by the timing of life history phases (e.g. emergence, flowering, leaf senescence) relative to overstory tree canopy ...
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Shallow Corms of Erythronium americanum (Trout Lily) Die from Herbivory in the Summer and Freezing in the Winter

Erythronium americanum (Trout Lily) is an abundant spring geophyte in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Its shallow corms experience a higher mortality rate than do its deep corms.
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As extreme fires transform Alaska's boreal forest, deciduous trees put a brake on carbon loss and how fast the forest burns

Fire is a hot topic these days, particularly when it comes to the boreal forest, the vast expanse of trees that stretches across Alaska, Canada and other cold northern regions. Large fires have been ...
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As extreme fires transform Alaska’s boreal forest, deciduous trees put a brake on carbon loss and how fast the forest burns

Jill Johnstone acknowledges funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council in Canada and in the United States from the Long Term Ecological Research Program (National Science ...