Alpine and Polar Treelines in a Changing Environment
Concerns have been raised with respect to the state of high-altitude and high-latitude treelines, as they are anticipated to undergo considerable modifications due to global changes, and especially due to climate warming. As high-elevation treelines are temperature-limited vegetation boundaries, the...
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| description | Concerns have been raised with respect to the state of high-altitude and high-latitude treelines, as they are anticipated to undergo considerable modifications due to global changes, and especially due to climate warming. As high-elevation treelines are temperature-limited vegetation boundaries, they are considered to be sensitive to climate warming. As a consequence, in this future, warmer environment, an upward migration of treelines is expected because low air and root-zone temperatures constrain their regeneration and growth. Despite the ubiquity of climate warming, treeline advancement is not a worldwide phenomenon: some treelines have been advancing rapidly, others have responded sluggishly or have remained stable. This variation in responses is attributed to the potential interaction of a continuum of site-related factors that may lead to the occurrence of locally conditioned temperature patterns. Competition amongst species and below-ground resources have been suggested as additional factors explaining the variability in the movement of treelines. This Special Issue (book) is dedicated to the discussion of treeline responses to changing environmental conditions in different areas around the globe. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-406862024-04-05T12:33:09Z Alpine and Polar Treelines in a Changing Environment Wieser, Gerhard QH301-705.5 QK1-989 Q1-390 n/a tree seedling recruitment shrubline light quality higher altitude precipitation experimental rain exclusion Pinus cembra Changbai Mountain treeline dynamics fungal ecology thermal continentality tree regeneration elevational transect monitoring conifer shrub plant water availability permafrost foehn winds treeline Holocene nitrogen cycling carotenoids timberline 15N natural abundance spectrometer basal area increment palynology xylem embolism diversity elevational treeline European Alps temperature tree line winter stress photosynthetic pigments Pinus sibirica westerly winds relative air humidity ecosystem manipulation Larix decidua microsite polar treeline Central Austrian Alps Switzerland multi-stemmed growth form conifers forest edge history of treeline research soil drought dendroclimatology knowledge engineering Rocky Mountains apical control cloud postglacial alpine timberline space-for-time substitution climate change expert elicitation shoot elongation pit aspiration climate warming climate zone alpine treeline refilling Abies sibirica growth trend western Montana light quantity Picea abies Mediterranean climate forest climatology altitude environmental stress sub-Antarctic Erman’s birch photoinhibition tocopherol elevational gradients NDVI long-term trends sap flow peat tree seedlings Southern Ocean chlorophyll non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) drought upward advance remote sensing data thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences Concerns have been raised with respect to the state of high-altitude and high-latitude treelines, as they are anticipated to undergo considerable modifications due to global changes, and especially due to climate warming. As high-elevation treelines are temperature-limited vegetation boundaries, they are considered to be sensitive to climate warming. As a consequence, in this future, warmer environment, an upward migration of treelines is expected because low air and root-zone temperatures constrain their regeneration and growth. Despite the ubiquity of climate warming, treeline advancement is not a worldwide phenomenon: some treelines have been advancing rapidly, others have responded sluggishly or have remained stable. This variation in responses is attributed to the potential interaction of a continuum of site-related factors that may lead to the occurrence of locally conditioned temperature patterns. Competition amongst species and below-ground resources have been suggested as additional factors explaining the variability in the movement of treelines. This Special Issue (book) is dedicated to the discussion of treeline responses to changing environmental conditions in different areas around the globe. 2021-02-11T08:04:53Z 2021-02-11T08:04:53Z 2020-06-09 16:38:57 2020 book 45998 9783039286317 9783039286300 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/40686 eng application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/2173 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-03928-631-7 10.3390/books978-3-03928-631-7 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783039286317 9783039286300 268 open access |
| spellingShingle | QH301-705.5 QK1-989 Q1-390 n/a tree seedling recruitment shrubline light quality higher altitude precipitation experimental rain exclusion Pinus cembra Changbai Mountain treeline dynamics fungal ecology thermal continentality tree regeneration elevational transect monitoring conifer shrub plant water availability permafrost foehn winds treeline Holocene nitrogen cycling carotenoids timberline 15N natural abundance spectrometer basal area increment palynology xylem embolism diversity elevational treeline European Alps temperature tree line winter stress photosynthetic pigments Pinus sibirica westerly winds relative air humidity ecosystem manipulation Larix decidua microsite polar treeline Central Austrian Alps Switzerland multi-stemmed growth form conifers forest edge history of treeline research soil drought dendroclimatology knowledge engineering Rocky Mountains apical control cloud postglacial alpine timberline space-for-time substitution climate change expert elicitation shoot elongation pit aspiration climate warming climate zone alpine treeline refilling Abies sibirica growth trend western Montana light quantity Picea abies Mediterranean climate forest climatology altitude environmental stress sub-Antarctic Erman’s birch photoinhibition tocopherol elevational gradients NDVI long-term trends sap flow peat tree seedlings Southern Ocean chlorophyll non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) drought upward advance remote sensing data thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences Wieser, Gerhard Alpine and Polar Treelines in a Changing Environment |
| title | Alpine and Polar Treelines in a Changing Environment |
| title_full | Alpine and Polar Treelines in a Changing Environment |
| title_fullStr | Alpine and Polar Treelines in a Changing Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alpine and Polar Treelines in a Changing Environment |
| title_short | Alpine and Polar Treelines in a Changing Environment |
| title_sort | alpine and polar treelines in a changing environment |
| topic | QH301-705.5 QK1-989 Q1-390 n/a tree seedling recruitment shrubline light quality higher altitude precipitation experimental rain exclusion Pinus cembra Changbai Mountain treeline dynamics fungal ecology thermal continentality tree regeneration elevational transect monitoring conifer shrub plant water availability permafrost foehn winds treeline Holocene nitrogen cycling carotenoids timberline 15N natural abundance spectrometer basal area increment palynology xylem embolism diversity elevational treeline European Alps temperature tree line winter stress photosynthetic pigments Pinus sibirica westerly winds relative air humidity ecosystem manipulation Larix decidua microsite polar treeline Central Austrian Alps Switzerland multi-stemmed growth form conifers forest edge history of treeline research soil drought dendroclimatology knowledge engineering Rocky Mountains apical control cloud postglacial alpine timberline space-for-time substitution climate change expert elicitation shoot elongation pit aspiration climate warming climate zone alpine treeline refilling Abies sibirica growth trend western Montana light quantity Picea abies Mediterranean climate forest climatology altitude environmental stress sub-Antarctic Erman’s birch photoinhibition tocopherol elevational gradients NDVI long-term trends sap flow peat tree seedlings Southern Ocean chlorophyll non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) drought upward advance remote sensing data thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences |
| topic_facet | QH301-705.5 QK1-989 Q1-390 n/a tree seedling recruitment shrubline light quality higher altitude precipitation experimental rain exclusion Pinus cembra Changbai Mountain treeline dynamics fungal ecology thermal continentality tree regeneration elevational transect monitoring conifer shrub plant water availability permafrost foehn winds treeline Holocene nitrogen cycling carotenoids timberline 15N natural abundance spectrometer basal area increment palynology xylem embolism diversity elevational treeline European Alps temperature tree line winter stress photosynthetic pigments Pinus sibirica westerly winds relative air humidity ecosystem manipulation Larix decidua microsite polar treeline Central Austrian Alps Switzerland multi-stemmed growth form conifers forest edge history of treeline research soil drought dendroclimatology knowledge engineering Rocky Mountains apical control cloud postglacial alpine timberline space-for-time substitution climate change expert elicitation shoot elongation pit aspiration climate warming climate zone alpine treeline refilling Abies sibirica growth trend western Montana light quantity Picea abies Mediterranean climate forest climatology altitude environmental stress sub-Antarctic Erman’s birch photoinhibition tocopherol elevational gradients NDVI long-term trends sap flow peat tree seedlings Southern Ocean chlorophyll non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) drought upward advance remote sensing data thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences |
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