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Disturbance interactions: characterization, prediction, and the potential for cascading effects by Buma, B

“…Disturbances are fundamental components of ecosystems and, in many cases, a dominant driver of ecosystem structure and function at multiple spatial and…”
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Wildland fire reburning trends across the US West suggest only short-term negative feedback and differing climatic effects by Buma, B, Weiss, S, Hayes, K, Lucash, M

“…Wildfires are a significant agent of disturbance in forests and highly sensitive to climate change. Short-interval fires and high severity (mortality-causing)…”
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Short-interval fires increasing in the Alaskan boreal forest as fire self-regulation decays across forest types by Buma, B., Hayes, K., Weiss, S., Lucash, M.

“…Climate drivers are increasingly creating conditions conducive to higher frequency fires. In the coniferous boreal forest, the world’s largest terrestrial…”
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100 yr of primary succession highlights stochasticity and competition driving community establishment and stability by Buma, B., Bisbing, S. M., Wiles, G., Bidlack, A. L.

“…The study of community succession is one of the oldest pursuits in ecology. Challenges remain in terms of evaluating the predictability of succession and the…”
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Forest resilience, climate change, and opportunities for adaptation: A specific case of a general problem by Buma, B., Wessman, C.A.

“…•Carbon stocks may be maintained despite ecosystem shift.•Resilience of an ecosystem service not necessarily tied to the existing ecosystem.•Climate change has…”
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Disturbance interactions can impact resilience mechanisms of forests by Buma, B, Wessman, C. A

“…Interactions between multiple disturbances are of special concern in ecology due to their potential for non-linear behavior and long-lasting legacies on…”
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Differential species responses to compounded perturbations and implications for landscape heterogeneity and resilience by Buma, B., Wessman, C.A.

“…► Compound disturbances can overcome species resilience mechanisms. ► Multiple disturbances are not necessarily additive or synergistic. ► Three disturbances…”
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Effects of Landslides on Terrestrial Carbon Stocks With a Coupled Geomorphic‐Biologic Model: Southeast Alaska, United States by Booth, A. M., Buma, B., Nagorski, S.

“…Landslides influence the global carbon (C) cycle by facilitating transfer of terrestrial C in biomass and soils to offshore depocenters and redistributing C…”
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Expert review of the science underlying nature-based climate solutions by Buma, B., Gordon, D. R., Kleisner, K. M., Bartuska, A., Bidlack, A., DeFries, R., Ellis, P., Friedlingstein, P., Metzger, S., Morgan, G., Novick, K., Sanchirico, J. N., Collins, J. R., Eagle, A. J., Fujita, R., Holst, E., Lavallee, J. M., Lubowski, R. N., Melikov, C., Moore, L. A., Oldfield, E. E., Paltseva, J., Raffeld, A. M., Randazzo, N. A., Schneider, C., Uludere Aragon, N., Hamburg, S. P.

“…Viable nature-based climate solutions (NbCS) are needed to achieve climate goals expressed in international agreements like the Paris Accord. Many NbCS…”
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The value of linking paleoecological and neoecological perspectives to understand spatially-explicit ecosystem resilience by Buma, B., Harvey, B. J., Gavin, D. G., Kelly, R., Loboda, T., McNeil, B. E., Marlon, J. R., Meddens, A. J. H., Morris, J. L., Raffa, K. F., Shuman, B., Smithwick, E. A. H., McLauchlan, K. K.

“…Context Predicting ecosystem resilience is a challenge, especially as climate change alters disturbance regimes and conditions for recovery. Recent research…”
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Differential species responses to compounded perturbations and implications for landscape heterogeneity and resilience by BUMA, B, WESSMAN, C. A

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Correspondence regarding “The problem of conifer species migration lag in the Pacific Northwest region since the last glaciation” by Elias, S.A., (2013), Quaternary Science Reviews 77, 55–69 by Buma, B., Hennon, P.E., Bidlack, A.L., Baichtal, J.F., Ager, T.A., Streveler, G.

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