B13J:
The Resilience and Vulnerability of Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems to Climate Change III

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Session ID#: 31843

Session Description:
Climate change is unfolding faster in the high northern latitudes than anywhere else on Earth. These changes are impacting ecological processes directly, through warmer temperatures and changing precipitation, and indirectly, though increasing frequency of climate-driven disturbances such as wildfire, outbreaks of pests and pathogens, and permafrost thaw. Although some ecosystems are resistant or resilient to these changes, many are shifting to new states, altering the function of the Arctic-boreal region. This session invites contributions in terrestrial ecology and carbon cycle science that provide conceptual, regional, or global insights into the resilience and vulnerability of the Arctic-boreal region, including its wildlife and ecosystem services, to changing climate. Contributions may address any geographic area of this region. We welcome studies that use models, in situ experiments and observations, remote sensing data, or combination thereof, to conceptualize, detect, predict or forecast the changing function of this region in the earth system.
Primary Convener:  Natalie Boelman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Conveners:  Michelle C Mack, Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Abhishek Chatterjee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, United States and Peter C Griffith, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Chairs:  Michelle C Mack, Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Natalie Boelman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Abhishek Chatterjee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, United States and Peter C Griffith, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Michelle C Mack, Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • C - Cryosphere
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0475 Permafrost, cryosphere, and high-latitude processes [BIOGEOSCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Delayed and reduced carbon uptake in a subarctic peatland following an extreme winter event (271352)
Frans-Jan W Parmentier1,2, Daniel P. Rasse3, Magnus Lund4, Jarle W Bjerke5, Bert G Drake6, Simon Weldon3, Hans A Tømmervik7 and Georg Hansen8, (1)Lund University, Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund, Sweden, (2)The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Tromsø, Norway, (3)Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Soil Quality and Climate Change, Ås, Norway, (4)Aarhus University, Arctic Research Center, Aarhus C, Denmark, (5)Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tromsø, Norway, (6)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Edgewater, Edgewater, MD, United States, (7)Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, FRAM – High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, Tromsø, Norway, (8)Norwegian Inst. Air Research, Tromso, Norway
Quantifying Fire Impact on Alaskan Tundra from Satellite Observations and Field Measurements (277925)
Tatiana V Loboda, University of Maryland, College Park, United States, Dong Chen, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, Jiaying He, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Liza K. Jenkins, Michigan Technological University, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Assessing Wildfire Effects in North American Boreal Peatlands through Field and Remote Sensing Analysis (243136)
Laura L Bourgeau-Chavez1, Nancy H F French1, Sarah Endres2, Evan S Kane3, Liza K. Jenkins4, Chelene Hanes5, Michael Battaglia Jr6 and William de Groot7, (1)Michigan Technological University, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Houghton, MI, United States, (2)Michigan Tech University, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)Michigan Technological University, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Houghton, United States, (4)Michigan Technological University, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (5)Natural Resources Canada, CFS, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada, (6)Michigan Tech University, Ann Arbor, United States, (7)Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie,, ON, Canada
Impacts of fire on nitrogen cycling in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta, AK (263837)
John D Schade1, Laura E Jardine2, Emily M Bristol3, Edauri Navarro-Perez4, Sierra Melton5, Jordan Andrew Jimmie6, Susan Natali1, Dr. Paul James Mann7 and Robert Max Holmes1, (1)Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States, (2)Undergraduate, Oklahoma City, OK, United States, (3)St. Olaf College, Northfield, United States, (4)University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR, United States, (5)Pennsylvania State University, Geology, State College, United States, (6)University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States, (7)Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Carbon combustion in boreal black spruce and jack pine stands of the Northwest Territories, Canada (215852)
Xanthe J Walker1, Jennifer Lynn Baltzer2, Steve Cumming3, Nicola Day4, Scott J. Goetz5, Jill F Johnstone6, Brendan M Rogers7, Merritt R Turetsky8 and Michelle C Mack1, (1)Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Wilfrid Laurier University, Biology Department, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (3)Laval University, Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Quebec City, QC, Canada, (4)Wilfred Laurier University, Ontario, Canada, (5)Northern Arizona University, SICCS, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (6)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, (7)University of California Irvine, Irvine, United States, (8)Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, United States
Monitoring post-fire changes in species composition and stand structure in boreal forests using high-resolution, 3-D aerial drone data and Landsat (281483)
Michael Alonzo, American University, Department of Environmental Science, Washington, DC, United States, Douglas C Morton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Bruce Cook, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, Hans-Erik Andersen, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Seattle, WA, United States and Michelle C Mack, Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Opposing effects of fire severity on climate feedbacks in Siberian larch forests (241369)
Michael M Loranty1, Heather Dawn Alexander2, Susan Natali3, Heather Kropp4, Michelle C Mack5, Andrew G Bunn6, Sergei P Davydov7, Angela Erb8, Alexander L Kholodov9, Crystal Schaaf8, Zhuosen Wang10, Nikita Zimov11 and Sergei A Zimov12, (1)Colgate University, Geography, Hamilton, NY, United States, (2)Auburn University, Auburn, United States, (3)Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States, (4)Hamilton College, Environmental Studies, Clinton, NY, United States, (5)Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (6)Western Washington University, Environmental Sciences, Bellingham, WA, United States, (7)NorthEast Science Station, Pacific Institute of Geography, FEB RAS, Cherskii, Russia, (8)University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, United States, (9)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (10)University of Maryland, College Park, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States, (11)Northeast Scientific Station of Pacific Institute for Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences, Cherskiy, Russia, (12)Northeast Science Station, Cherskii, Russia

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