• Northern expansion is not compensating for southern declines in North American boreal forests 

      Rotbarth, Ronny; Van Nes, Egbert H.; Scheffer, Marten; Jepsen, Jane Uhd; Vindstad, Ole Petter Laksforsmo; Xu, Chi; Holmgren, Milena (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-08)
      Climate change is expected to shift the boreal biome northward through expansion at the northern and contraction at the southern boundary respectively. However, biome-scale evidence of such a shift is rare. Here, we used remotely-sensed tree cover data to quantify temporal changes across theNorth American boreal biome from 2000 to . 2019. We reveal a strong northsouth asymmetry in tree cover change, ...