Forests are an incredibly important resource across the globe, yet they are threatened by climate change through stressors such as drought, insect outbreaks, and wildfire. Trailing edge forests-those areas expected to experience range contractions under a changing climate-are of particular concern because of the potential for abrupt conversion to non-forest. However, due to plant-climate disequilibrium, broad-scale forest die-off and range contraction in trailing edge forests are unlikely to occur over short timeframes (
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Recommended Citation:
Parks, Sean A.,Dobrowski, Solomon Z.,Shaw, John D.,et al. Living on the edge: trailing edge forests at risk of fire-facilitated conversion to non-forest[J]. ECOSPHERE,2019-01-01,10(3)