Editing Deforestation (section)

=== Climate change ===
Another cause of deforestation is due to the [[effects of climate change]]: More [[wildfire]]s,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Heidari|first1=Hadi|last2=Arabi|first2=Mazdak|last3=Warziniack|first3=Travis|date=August 2021|title=Effects of Climate Change on Natural-Caused Fire Activity in Western U.S. National Forests|journal=Atmosphere|language=en|volume=12|issue=8|pages=981|bibcode=2021Atmos..12..981H|doi=10.3390/atmos12080981|doi-access=free}}</ref> insect outbreaks, [[Climate change and invasive species|invasive species]], and more frequent [[extreme weather]] events (such as storms) are factors that increase deforestation.<ref name="Seymour-2019">{{Cite journal|last1=Seymour|first1=Frances|last2=Gibbs|first2=David|date=2019-08-08|title=Forests in the IPCC Special Report on Land Use: 7 Things to Know|url=https://www.wri.org/blog/2019/08/forests-ipcc-special-report-land-use-7-things-know|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20|website=World Resources Institute}}</ref>

A study suggests that "tropical, arid and temperate forests are experiencing a significant decline in resilience, probably related to increased water limitations and climate variability" which may shift ecosystems towards [[critical transition]]s and [[ecosystem collapse]]s.<ref name="10.1038/s41586-022-04959-9">{{cite journal |last1=Forzieri |first1=Giovanni |last2=Dakos |first2=Vasilis |last3=McDowell |first3=Nate G. |last4=Ramdane |first4=Alkama |last5=Cescatti |first5=Alessandro |date=August 2022 |title=Emerging signals of declining forest resilience under climate change |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=608 |issue=7923 |pages=534–539 |doi=10.1038/s41586-022-04959-9 |issn=1476-4687 |pmc=9385496 |pmid=35831499 |doi-access=free}}

* News article: {{cite news |title=Forests are becoming less resilient because of climate change |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2328268-forests-are-becoming-less-resilient-because-of-climate-change/ |access-date=21 August 2022 |work=New Scientist}}</ref> By contrast, "boreal forests show divergent local patterns with an average increasing trend in resilience, probably benefiting from warming and {{CO2}} fertilization, which may outweigh the adverse effects of climate change".<ref name="10.1038/s41586-022-04959-9" /> It has been proposed that a loss of resilience in forests "can be detected from the increased temporal autocorrelation (TAC) in the state of the system, reflecting a decline in recovery rates due to the critical slowing down (CSD) of system processes that occur at thresholds".<ref name="10.1038/s41586-022-04959-9" />

23% of tree cover losses result from wildfires and climate change increase their frequency and power.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Harris|first1=Nancy|last2=Dow Goldman|first2=Elizabeth|last3=Weisse|first3=Mikaela|last4=Barrett|first4=Alyssa|date=13 September 2018|title=When a Tree Falls, Is It Deforestation?|url=https://www.wri.org/blog/2018/09/when-tree-falls-it-deforestation|access-date=30 August 2019|website=World Resources Institute}}</ref> The rising temperatures cause massive wildfires especially in the [[Boreal forest]]s. One possible effect is the change of the forest composition.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dapcevich|first1=Madison|date=28 August 2019|title=Disastrous Wildfires Sweeping Through Alaska Could Permanently Alter Forest Composition|agency=Ecowatch|url=https://www.ecowatch.com/alaska-wildfires-forests-trees-2640081853.html|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> Deforestation can also cause forests to become more fire prone through mechanisms such as logging.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Woods|first=Paul|date=1989|title=Effects of Logging, Drought, and Fire on Structure and Composition of Tropical Forests in Sabah, Malaysia|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2388278|journal=Biotropica|volume=21|issue=4|pages=290–298|doi=10.2307/2388278|issn=0006-3606|jstor=2388278|bibcode=1989Biotr..21..290W}}</ref>