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Impacts of wildfires on boreal forest ecosystem carbon dynamics from 1986 to 2020
Wildfires significantly change boreal forest ecosystem carbon balance through both direct combustion and post-fire carbon dynamics. Affected vegetation influences soil thermal regime and carbon cycling by impacting the surface energy balance of boreal forests. This study uses a process-based biogeochemistry model to quantify carbon budget of North American boreal forests during 1986–2020 based on satellite-derived burn severity data. During the study period, burn severity generally increases. Fires remove ecosystem carbon of 2.4 Pg C and reduce net ecosystem production (NEP) from 32.6 to 0.8 Tg C yr ^−1 , making the forest ecosystems lose 3.5 Pg C, shifting a carbon sink to a source. The canopy’s cooling effect leads to lower soil temperature and lower net primary production due to lower nitrogen mineralization and uptake. Post-fire NEP decreases from 1.6 to 0.8 Tg C yr ^−1 . This reduction accounts for 50% of the simulated NEP when the effects of fire-affected canopy are not considered. Our study highlights the importance of wildfires and their induced-canopy changes in soil thermal and ecosystem carbon dynamics of boreal forests.
Impacts of wildfires on boreal forest ecosystem carbon dynamics from 1986 to 2020
Wildfires significantly change boreal forest ecosystem carbon balance through both direct combustion and post-fire carbon dynamics. Affected vegetation influences soil thermal regime and carbon cycling by impacting the surface energy balance of boreal forests. This study uses a process-based biogeochemistry model to quantify carbon budget of North American boreal forests during 1986–2020 based on satellite-derived burn severity data. During the study period, burn severity generally increases. Fires remove ecosystem carbon of 2.4 Pg C and reduce net ecosystem production (NEP) from 32.6 to 0.8 Tg C yr ^−1 , making the forest ecosystems lose 3.5 Pg C, shifting a carbon sink to a source. The canopy’s cooling effect leads to lower soil temperature and lower net primary production due to lower nitrogen mineralization and uptake. Post-fire NEP decreases from 1.6 to 0.8 Tg C yr ^−1 . This reduction accounts for 50% of the simulated NEP when the effects of fire-affected canopy are not considered. Our study highlights the importance of wildfires and their induced-canopy changes in soil thermal and ecosystem carbon dynamics of boreal forests.
Impacts of wildfires on boreal forest ecosystem carbon dynamics from 1986 to 2020
Yiming Xu (author) / Qianlai Zhuang (author) / Bailu Zhao (author) / Michael Billmire (author) / Christopher Cook (author) / Jeremy Graham (author) / Nancy HF French (author) / Ronald Prinn (author)
2024
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