[J. Samuel Walker] Prompt and Utter Destruction T(BookFi.org)
Xanthe Walker...Xanthe Walker Baltzer, J. Barrett, K. Bourgeau-Chavez, L. Brown, C. Day, J. Cumming,...
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Xanthe WalkerBaltzer, J. Barrett, K. Bourgeau-Chavez, L. Brown, C. Day, J. Cumming, S.
de Groot. W.J. Dieleman, C. Goetz, S. Hoy, E. Jenkins, L. Johnstone, J. Kane, E. Natali, S. Parisien, M.A. Rogers, B. Schuur, T. Turetsky, M. Veraverbeke, S. Whitman, E.
Mack, M.
Cross-scale controls on boreal wildfire carbon emissions
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Photo credit: Matt Prokopchuk, CBC 2016
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Soil Organic LayerSoil Organic LayerSoil Organic Layer
• older than the stand age at the time of fire
Soil Organic Layer
Legacy Carbon
Boreal Forest Wildfires
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Boreal Forest Wildfires
↑ Size, Frequency, Severity
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• Models based on top-down controls of climate and fire weather
↑ carbon emissions
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↑ carbon emissions
• Models based on top-down controls of climate and fire weather
• Spatially heterogeneity in bottom-up controls of fuel availability related to topography and stand structure and composition
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↑ carbon emissions
• Models based on top-down controls of climate and fire weather
• Spatially variability in bottom-up controls of fuel availability related to topography and stand structure and composition
• Scale C emissions to the entire area burned
∆ long-term net ecosystem carbon balance
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Could the intensification of wildfire disturbance shiftboreal ecosystems across a C cycle threshold?
Drivers of C emissions
Legacy C combustion
Scale C emissions
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Drivers of C emissions
• 417 burned plots in 6 ecoregions
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Day of Burn Fine Fuel Moisture Code
Duff Moisture CodeDrought Code
Initial Spread IndexBuildup Index
Fire Weather IndexDaily Severity Rating
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5 – 10 trees of the dominant species
Stand Age
Moisture
XERIC: Little surface moisture stabilized sand dunes and dry ridgetops
SUBXERIC: Some noticeable surface moisture; well drained slopes or ridgetops
SUBXERIC-MESIC: Very noticeable surface moisture; flat to gently sloping
MESIC: Moderate surface moisture; flat or shallow depressions including toe-slopes
MESIC-SUB-HYGRIC: Considerable surface moisture; depressions or concave toe-slopes
SUB-HYGRIC: Very considerable surface moisture; saturated with less than 5% standing water
Shallo
w Perm
afrost
Co
arse So
il Texture
Modified from Johnstone et al. 2008
Proportion of Black Spruce
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Each tree assigned score for combustion (0-3)Allometric equations for biomass
Carbon component = 50% of biomass
Aboveground Belowground
Adventitious roots = burn depth5 soil samples/site for C content and bulk density
Modelled carbon content ~ depth
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Pre-fire C pools and C combusted
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Drivers of C emissions
Fine Fuel Moisture Code
Total Carbon Combustion
Pre-fire Above Carbon
Pre-fire Below Carbon
Drought CodeDay of Burn
Stand Age
Moisture
Black Spruce Proportion
Top-down
Bottom-up
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M-R2 = 0.36 C-R2 = 0.44
Drivers of C combustion
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M-R2 = 0.36 C-R2 = 0.44
Alaska (n=89)
DC
Total C loss
Above C
Below C
FFMC
Day of Burn
Stand Age
Moisture
Black Spruce
M-R2 = 0.36 C-R2 = 0.44
DC
Taiga Plain (n=141)
Total C loss
Above C
Below C
FFMC
Day of Burn
Stand Age
Moisture
Black Spruce
M-R2 = 0.51 C-R2 = 0.87
M-R2 = 0.52 C-R2 = 0.58
DC
Total C loss
Above C
Below C
FFMC
Day of Burn
Stand Age
Moisture
Taiga Shield (n=140)
Black Spruce
Drivers of C combustion
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M-R2 = 0.36 C-R2 = 0.44
Alaska (n=89)
DC
Total C loss
Above C
Below C
FFMC
Day of Burn
Stand Age
Moisture
Black Spruce
M-R2 = 0.36 C-R2 = 0.44
DC
Taiga Plains (n=141)
Total C loss
Above C
Below C
FFMC
Day of Burn
Stand Age
Moisture
Black Spruce
M-R2 = 0.51 C-R2 = 0.87
M-R2 = 0.52 C-R2 = 0.58
DC
Total C loss
Above C
Below C
FFMC
Day of Burn
Stand Age
Moisture
Taiga Shield (n=140)
Black Spruce
Saskatchewan (n=43)
DC
Total C loss
Above C
Below C
FFMC
Day of Burn
Stand Age
Moisture
Black Spruce
M-R2 = 0.77 C-R2 = 0.79
Drivers of C combustion
Bottom-up >>> Top-down
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211 burned plots in 7 burn scars and 36 unburned plots in 3 regions
Total carbon combustion = 3.4 ± 2.0 Kg C m-2
Scale C emissions
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Full Model: topographic wetness index, terrain ruggedness, dNBR, relative change in tree cover, % black spruce, and % sand in the top 15 cm of soil
Study Area Burned(Mha) Total C emissions (Tg C)
Walker et al. 2018 (this study) 2.85 94.3
Veraverbeke et al. 2017 3.41 164
Differences due to:1) Spatial resolution (30m vs 500m) and ability to capture small water bodies and unburned areas
2) Regionally specific field training data vs. training data from Alaskan black spruce sites
Scale C emissions
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= 50% annual C uptake in
terrestrial ecosystems of
Canada
94.3 Tg C
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% S
oil
Org
anic
Lay
er
Legacy Carbon
Combusted0
100
Dry WetTopo-edaphic Gradient
Legacy carbon combustion
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% S
oil
Org
anic
Lay
er
Legacy Carbon
Combusted0
100
Dry WetTopo-edaphic Gradient
Combusted in young-burned
Legacy Carbon in young-burned
Legacy carbon combustion
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• Black spruce dominated sites• 28 old-burned & 9 young-burned plots
• Sectioned the SOL profile• 0-1cm• 1-2 cm• 1cm above mineral soil
• Removed roots and filtered soil• ∆14C values
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Stand age
a)
∆1
4C
(‰
)
Soil surface (pre)Soil 2cm (pre)Soil surface (post)Soil 2cm (post)Soil base
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Stand age at time of fire
Legacy C is present if stand age is younger than soil base
∆1
4C
(‰
)
Soil surface (pre)Soil 2cm (pre)Soil surface (post)Soil 2cm (post)Soil baseStand age
Legacy C is combusted if stand age is younger than soil surface
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Legacy Carbon Presence
organic soil > 30cm stand age <60 years
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Legacy Carbon Combustion
proportion soil combusted > 50% stand age <60 years
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Legacy C Combustion
45% of young-burned plots = net C source
= 0.34 Mha of forests emitted 8.6 Tg C
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Legacy C Combustion
45% of young-burned plots = net C source
= 0.34 Mha of forests emitted 8.6 Tg C
C emissions were NOT different between sites with legacy C combustion vs. NO legacy C combustion
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Summary & Conclusions
• C emissions controlled by bottom-up drivers
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Summary & Conclusions
• C emissions controlled by bottom-up drivers
• Scaling emissions: account for spatial heterogeneity in fuel availability and fire severity & use fine scale and
regionally calibrated models
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Summary & Conclusions
• C emissions controlled by bottom-up drivers
• Scaling emissions: account for spatial heterogeneity in fuel availability and fire severity & use fine scale and
regionally calibrated models
• Predicting future emissions: assess how environmental change will impact these bottom-up controls
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Summary & Conclusions
• C emissions controlled by bottom-up drivers
• Scaling emissions: account for spatial heterogeneity in fuel availability and fire severity & use regionally calibrated
models
• Predicting future emissions: assess how environmental change will impact these bottom-up controls
• Measuring C emissions alone is insufficient for assessing the long-term impacts of wildfire on boreal net ecosystem
carbon balance
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Thank you
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Summary & Conclusions
↑ frequency of boreal forest fires↑ proportion of younger forests vulnerable to burning
↑ expanse of forests switching into a new domain of C cycling
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DC
Total C loss
Above C
Below C
FFMC
Day of Burn
Stand Age
Moisture
Black Spruce
M-R2 = 0.45 C-R2 = 0.74
b) All sites (n=417)
a) Hypothesized Model
DC
Total C loss
Above C
Below C
FFMC
Day of Burn
Stand Age
Moisture
Black Spruce
Drivers of C emissions
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Summary & Conclusions
↑ frequency of boreal forest fires↑ proportion of younger forests vulnerable to burning
↑ expanse of forests switching into a new domain of C cycling
↑ exposure of legacy C to decomposition
Legacy C loss will impact:future boreal net ecosystem carbon balance
global C cycle and climate