Losing Legacies, Ecological Release, and Transient Responses: Key Challenges for the Future of Northern Ecosystem Science. Turetsky, M. R., Baltzer, J. L., Johnstone, J. F., Mack, M. C., McCann, K., & Schuur, E. A. G. Ecosystems, 20(1):23–30, January, 2017.
Losing Legacies, Ecological Release, and Transient Responses: Key Challenges for the Future of Northern Ecosystem Science [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Northern ecosystem processes play out across scales that are rare elsewhere on contemporary earth: large ranging predator-prey systems are still operational, invasive species are rare, and large-scale natural disturbances occur extensively. Disturbances in the far north affect huge areas of land and are difficult to control or manage. Historically, disturbance patterns and processes ranging across a number of spatio-temporal scales have played an important role in the resilience of northern ecosystems. However, due to interactions with a warming climate, these disturbances are now erasing key legacies of the last millennia of ecosystem processes. Building on the concepts of legacies and cross-scale interactions, we highlight several general conceptual issues that represent key challenges for the future of northern ecosystem science, but that also have relevance to other biomes.
@article{turetsky_losing_2017,
	title = {Losing {Legacies}, {Ecological} {Release}, and {Transient} {Responses}: {Key} {Challenges} for the {Future} of {Northern} {Ecosystem} {Science}},
	volume = {20},
	issn = {1432-9840},
	shorttitle = {Losing {Legacies}, {Ecological} {Release}, and {Transient} {Responses}: {Key} {Challenges} for the {Future} of {Northern} {Ecosystem} {Science}},
	url = {://WOS:000392317000004},
	doi = {10.1007/s10021-016-0055-2},
	abstract = {Northern ecosystem processes play out across scales that are rare elsewhere on contemporary earth: large ranging predator-prey systems are still operational, invasive species are rare, and large-scale natural disturbances occur extensively. Disturbances in the far north affect huge areas of land and are difficult to control or manage. Historically, disturbance patterns and processes ranging across a number of spatio-temporal scales have played an important role in the resilience of northern ecosystems. However, due to interactions with a warming climate, these disturbances are now erasing key legacies of the last millennia of ecosystem processes. Building on the concepts of legacies and cross-scale interactions, we highlight several general conceptual issues that represent key challenges for the future of northern ecosystem science, but that also have relevance to other biomes.},
	language = {English},
	number = {1},
	journal = {Ecosystems},
	author = {Turetsky, M. R. and Baltzer, J. L. and Johnstone, J. F. and Mack, M. C. and McCann, K. and Schuur, E. A. G.},
	month = jan,
	year = {2017},
	keywords = {Environmental Sciences \& Ecology, amplification, arctic, biodiversity, boreal, boreal forest, canada, carbon, consequences, disturbance, diversity, dynamics, niche, pattern, permafrost, recent climate-change, scale, succession, trophic interactions, wildfire},
	pages = {23--30}
}

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