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Scientific Seminar Video
How Herbivores, Fire, and Climate Change are Shaping Alaskan Forests
Warming temperatures in Interior Alaska decrease the intervals between fires, shifting forest composition from conifer to deciduous. Herbivores like moose and hare prefer deciduous species but it’s not clear how herbivores may interact with increasing fire frequency to shape forest community or forest carbon, particularly in carbon-rich boreal ecosystems.