Subalpine coniferous forests are adapted to cycles of fire and successional development, but increasing frequency severity altering historical stand structure, composition, plant diversity. For instance, conifer regeneration has become increasingly variable as a result prolonged aridity following fire, the potential cascading effects on understory community development remain virtually unexplor...

Abstract Key message Growth sensitivity to climate varies with soil moisture regime in spruce–fir forests central British Columbia. Stands growing at their dry edaphic limits displayed especially strong and unique climatic sensitivities. Soil is an important influence of productivity, process, structure forested ecosystems. In western North America, projected warming trends may result decreasin...

Habitat distribution and seasonal occurrence of carabid beetles were determined using pitfall traps in 1999 and 2000 in the temperate forest zone of the Dongling Mountain, North China. Eight sites differing in vegetation and moisture were selected so as to represent four habitat types. Carabid assemblages of the six forested habitats (lowland, upland and coppice) were more similar to each other...