How do soil properties affect alpine treelines? General principles in a global perspective and novel findings from Rolwaling Himal, Nepal

Evidence of soil nutrient availability as the proximate constraint on growth of treeline trees in northwest Alaska

(2015) Patrick F. Sullivan et al.   ECOLOGY

Soil warming and CO2enrichment induce biomass shifts in alpine tree line vegetation

(2015) Melissa A. Dawes et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Temperature and sheltering determine patterns of seedling establishment in an advancing subtropical treeline

(2015) Sarah Greenwood et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Complex climate constraints of upper treeline formation in the Pyrenees

(2015) Ester González de Andrés et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Impact of P fertilisation on the growth performance of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in a lignite post-mining area in Germany

(2015) Michael Kanzler et al.   Annals of Forest Research

An experimental approach to explain the southern Andes elevational treeline

(2014) Alex Fajardo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

A novel framework for disentangling the scale-dependent influences of abiotic factors on alpine treeline position

(2014) Bradley S. Case et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Is the growth of birch at the upper timberline in the Himalayas limited by moisture or by temperature?

(2014) Eryuan Liang et al.   ECOLOGY

Long-term responses of Scots pine and Norway spruce stands in Sweden to repeated fertilization and thinning

(2014) Johan Bergh et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Treeline advances along the Urals mountain range - driven by improved winter conditions?

(2014) Frank Hagedorn et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Nitrogen limitation and microbial diversity at the treeline

(2014) Aurélie Thébault et al.   OIKOS

Uptake of Water via Branches Helps Timberline Conifers Refill Embolized Xylem in Late Winter

(2014) S. Mayr et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Differences in intra-annual wood formation in Picea abies across the treeline ecotone, Giant Mountains, Czech Republic

(2014) Václav Treml et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Similar variation in carbon storage between deciduous and evergreen treeline species across elevational gradients

(2013) Alex Fajardo et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Low photosynthesis of treeline white spruce is associated with limited soil nitrogen availability in the Western Brooks Range, Alaska

(2013) Robert W. McNown et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Warming-induced upslope advance of subalpine forest is severely limited by geomorphic processes

(2013) M. Macias-Fauria et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant Nutrient Content Does Not Simply Increase with Elevation under the Extreme Environmental Conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya

(2012) Petr Macek et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Altitudinal Change in the Photosynthetic Capacity of Tropical Trees: A Case Study from Ecuador and a Pantropical Literature Analysis

(2012) Bärbel Wittich et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Variation of mobile carbon reserves in trees at the alpine treeline ecotone is under environmental control

(2012) Alex Fajardo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Spatial patterns of total and available N and P at alpine treeline

(2012) Daniel Liptzin et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Norway Spruce Shows Contrasting Changes in Below- Versus Above-Ground Carbon Partitioning towards the Alpine Treeline: Evidence from a Central European Case Study

(2011) Dietrich Hertel et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Mountain Treelines: A Roadmap for Research Orientation

(2011) George P. Malanson et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Spatiotemporal Variability of Soil Temperature and Moisture across two Contrasting Timberline Ecotones in the Sergyemla Mountains, Southeast Tibet

(2011) Xinsheng Liu et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Factors driving mortality and growth at treeline: a 30-year experiment of 92 000 conifers

(2011) Ignacio Barbeito et al.   ECOLOGY

Global patterns of mobile carbon stores in trees at the high-elevation tree line

(2011) Günter Hoch et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Treeline form - a potential key to understanding treeline dynamics

(2011) Melanie A. Harsch et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Microclimatic Conditions forJuniperus saltuariaTreeline in the Sygera Mountains, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau

(2011) Bo Liu et al.   MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Influence of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Fertilization on Flowering and Expression of Flowering-Associated Genes in White Birch (Betula platyphylla Suk.)

(2011) Shan Wang et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER

Distinguishing local from global climate influences in the variation of carbon status with altitude in a tree line species

(2010) Alex Fajardo et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Variation in carbohydrate source–sink relations of forest and treeline white spruce in southern, interior and northern Alaska

(2010) Bjartmar Sveinbjörnsson et al.   OECOLOGIA

Using Automated Point Dendrometers to Analyze Tropical Treeline Stem Growth at Nevado de Colima, Mexico

(2010) Franco Biondi et al.   SENSORS

Effects of atmospheric and climate change at the timberline of the Central European Alps

(2009) Gerhard Wieser et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Effects of climate variables on intra-annual stem radial increment in Pinus cembra (L.) along the alpine treeline ecotone

(2009) Andreas Gruber et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Are treelines advancing? A global meta-analysis of treeline response to climate warming

(2009) Melanie A. Harsch et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

No Differences in Soil Carbon Stocks Across the Tree Line in the Peruvian Andes

(2009) Michael Zimmermann et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Patterns of snow, deposition, and soil nutrients at multiple spatial scales at a Rocky Mountain tree line ecotone

(2009) Daniel Liptzin et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Nitrogen status of conifer needles at the alpine treeline

(2009) Katrin Birmann et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

A Review of the Theories to Explain Arctic and Alpine Treelines Around the World

(2009) Andrew D. Richardson et al.   Journal of Sustainable Forestry

The Effect of Exposure on Alpine Treeline Position: a Case Study from the High Sudetes, Czech Republic

(2008) Václav Treml et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Evaluating thermal treeline indicators based on air and soil temperature using an air-to-soil temperature transfer model

(2008) Jacqueline Gehrig-Fasel et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

A test of the growth-limitation theory for alpine tree line formation in evergreen and deciduous taxa of the eastern Himalayas

(2008) P. Shi et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Regional tree line dynamics in response to global change in the Pyrenees

(2008) Enric Batllori et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Growth and carbon relations of tree line forming conifers at constant vs. variable low temperatures

(2008) Günter Hoch et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Soil properties and tree growth along an altitudinal transect in Ecuadorian tropical montane forest

(2008) Wolfgang Wilcke et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Nutrient availability at different altitudes in a tropical montane forest in Ecuador

(2008) Nathalie Soethe et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Carbon balance of conifer seedlings at timberline: relative changes in uptake, storage, and utilization

(2008) S. Bansal et al.   OECOLOGIA

Nitrogen and carbon source-sink relationships in trees at the Himalayan treelines compared with lower elevations

(2008) MAI-HE LI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Tropical moist Polylepis stands at the treeline in East Bolivia: the effect of elevation on stand microclimate, above- and below-ground structure, and regeneration

(2008) Dietrich Hertel et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Temporal dynamic of wood formation in Pinus cembra along the alpine treeline ecotone and the effect of climate variables

(2008) Andreas Gruber et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION