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Boreal forest on the move

A newly discovered population of white-spruce trees is advancing northwards in Arctic Alaska, driven by ecological factors that are associated with climate change at this latitude — including stronger winter winds, deeper snow and greater nutrient availability in the soil.

This is a summary of: Dial, R. J. et al. Sufficient conditions for rapid range expansion of a boreal conifer. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05093-2 (2022).

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02008-z

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