Biotic interactions and seed deposition rather than abiotic factors determine recruitment at elevational range limits of an alpine tree

A synthesis of transplant experiments and ecological niche models suggests that range limits are often niche limits

(2016) Julie A. Lee-Yaw et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau

(2016) Eryuan Liang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gardening in the zone of death: an experimental assessment of the absolute elevation limit of vascular plants

(2016) Miroslav Dvorský et al.   Scientific Reports

Global Change Experiments: Challenges and Opportunities

(2015) Hans J. De Boeck et al.   BIOSCIENCE

How do climate and dispersal traits limit ranges of tree species along latitudinal and elevational gradients?

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Temperature, precipitation and biotic interactions as determinants of tree seedling recruitment across the tree line ecotone

(2015) Lise Tingstad et al.   OECOLOGIA

Where and When do Species Interactions Set Range Limits?

(2015) Allison M. Louthan et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Seed perishability determines the caching behaviour of a food-hoarding bird

(2014) Eike Lena Neuschulz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Large frugivorous birds facilitate functional connectivity of fragmented landscapes

(2014) Thomas Mueller et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

How fragmentation and corridors affect wind dynamics and seed dispersal in open habitats

(2014) Ellen I. Damschen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns

(2014) Sarah C. Elmendorf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Non-climatic constraints on upper elevational plant range expansion under climate change

(2014) C. D. Brown et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Are Species’ Range Limits Simply Niche Limits Writ Large? A Review of Transplant Experiments beyond the Range

(2013) Anna L. Hargreaves et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Performance of germinating tree seedlings below and above treeline in the Swiss Alps

(2013) Natalie Zurbriggen et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Multi-scale Analysis of Environmental Conditions and Conifer Seedling Distribution Across the Treeline Ecotone of Northern Manitoba, Canada

(2012) Steven D. Mamet et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Tree recruitment of European tree species at their current upper elevational limits in the Swiss Alps

(2012) Yann Vitasse et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Direct and indirect landscape effects on Quercus ilex regeneration in heterogeneous environments

(2012) Carolina Puerta-Piñero et al.   OECOLOGIA

Warming and the dependence of limber pine (Pinus flexilis) establishment on summer soil moisture within and above its current elevation range

(2012) Andrew B. Moyes et al.   OECOLOGIA

Disentangling the drivers of reduced long-distance seed dispersal by birds in an experimentally fragmented landscape

(2011) María Uriarte et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2011) Ignacio Barbeito et al.   ECOLOGY

Do species’ traits predict recent shifts at expanding range edges?

(2011) Amy L. Angert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Failure to migrate: lack of tree range expansion in response to climate change

(2011) Kai Zhu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Multimodel inference in ecology and evolution: challenges and solutions

(2011) C. E. GRUEBER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Rapid Range Shifts of Species Associated with High Levels of Climate Warming

(2011) I.-C. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Biotic and abiotic variables show little redundancy in explaining tree species distributions

(2010) Eliane S. Meier et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Annual variation in predation and dispersal of Arolla pine (Pinus cembra L.) seeds by Eurasian red squirrels and other seed-eaters

(2010) Cheng Zong et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

21st century climate change threatens mountain flora unequally across Europe

(2010) ROBIN ENGLER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Strong microsite control of seedling recruitment in tundra

(2010) Bente J. Graae et al.   OECOLOGIA

Using ecology to guide the study of cognitive and neural mechanisms of different aspects of spatial memory in food-hoarding animals

(2010) T. V. Smulders et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Predicting species distribution and abundance responses to climate change: why it is essential to include biotic interactions across trophic levels

(2010) W. H. Van der Putten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impacts of climate change on the establishment, distribution, growth and mortality of Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembraL.)

(2010) S Boden et al.   iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry

Climate Disruption and Biodiversity

(2009) Stuart L. Pimm   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Forest rodents provide directed dispersal of Jeffrey pine seeds

(2009) Jennifer S. Briggs et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

Critical periods for impact of climate warming on early seedling establishment in subarctic tundra

(2009) ANNA SHEVTSOVA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Importance of abiotic stress as a range-limit determinant for European plants: insights from species responses to climatic gradients

(2009) Signe Normand et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

A weak upward elevational shift in the distributions of breeding birds in the Italian Alps

(2009) Simon Popy et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Bringing the Hutchinsonian niche into the 21st century: Ecological and evolutionary perspectives

(2009) R. D. Holt   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Geographic range limits: achieving synthesis

(2009) K. J Gaston   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The altitude-for-latitude disparity in the range retractions of woody species

(2009) Alistair S. Jump et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Effects of Climate and Land-Use Change on the Establishment and Growth of Cembran Pine (Pinus cembra L.) over the Altitudinal Treeline Ecotone in the Central Swiss Alps

(2008) Pascal Vittoz et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

A Significant Upward Shift in Plant Species Optimum Elevation During the 20th Century

(2008) J. Lenoir et al.   SCIENCE