Global drivers of tree seedling establishment at alpine treelines in a changing climate

Causes for treeline stability under climate warming: Evidence from seed and seedling transplant experiments in southeast Tibet

(2018) Wei Shen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline-Vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra

(2017) Katariina E. M. Vuorinen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Growth strategies and threshold responses to water deficit modulate effects of warming on tree seedlings from forest to alpine

(2017) Brynne E. Lazarus et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The role of bryophytes for tree seedling responses to winter climate change: Implications for the stress gradient hypothesis

(2017) Signe Lett et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The potential for mycobiont sharing between shrubs and seedlings to facilitate tree establishment after wildfire at Alaska arctic treeline

(2017) Rebecca E. Hewitt et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Competitor or facilitator? The ambiguous role of alpine grassland for the early establishment of tree seedlings at treeline

(2017) Hannah Loranger et al.   OIKOS

Seedling recruitment and facilitation dependence on safe site characteristics in a Himalayan treeline ecotone

(2017) Birgit Bürzle et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Lab and Field Warming Similarly Advance Germination Date and Limit Germination Rate for High and Low Elevation Provenances of Two Widespread Subalpine Conifers

(2017) Lara Kueppers et al.   Forests

Responses of Tree Seedlings near the Alpine Treeline to Delayed Snowmelt and Reduced Sky Exposure

(2017) Maaike Bader et al.   Forests

Regeneration Niche of Whitebark Pine in the Canadian Rocky Mountains: The Basis to Restoring an Endangered Species

(2016) Matthew S. Gelderman et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Warming and provenance limit tree recruitment across and beyond the elevation range of subalpine forest

(2016) Lara M. Kueppers et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Bryophyte traits explain climate-warming effects on tree seedling establishment

(2016) Signe Lett et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Wind exposure and light exposure, more than elevation-related temperature, limit tree line seedling abundance on three continents

(2016) Eliot J. B. McIntire et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Seedling Regeneration in the Alpine Treeline Ecotone: Comparison of Wood Microsites and Adjacent Soil Substrates

(2016) Adelaide Chapman Johnson et al.   MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Seedling transplants reveal species-specific responses of high-elevation tropical treeline trees to climate change

(2016) Evan M. Rehm et al.   OECOLOGIA

Whitebark pine facilitation at treeline: potential interactions for disruption by an invasive pathogen

(2016) Diana F. Tomback et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Early establishment of trees at the alpine treeline: idiosyncratic species responses to temperature-moisture interactions

(2016) Hannah Loranger et al.   AoB Plants

Soil moisture controls Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) seedling carbon balance and survivorship at timberline in Utah, USA

(2015) Richard A. Gill et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Effects of fire on geomorphic factors and seedling site conditions within the alpine treeline ecotone, Glacier National Park, MT

(2015) Melanie B. Stine et al.   CATENA

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

(2015) Patrick F. Sullivan et al.   ECOLOGY

Facilitation of Pinus albicaulis seedling regeneration by Vaccinium scoparium

(2015) Judy L. Perkins   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Rapid carbon turnover beneath shrub and tree vegetation is associated with low soil carbon stocks at a subarctic treeline

(2015) Thomas C. Parker 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

Winter conditions - not summer temperature - influence establishment of seedlings at white spruce alpine treeline in Eastern Quebec

(2015) Sébastien M. Renard et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Moisture rivals temperature in limiting photosynthesis by trees establishing beyond their cold-edge range limit under ambient and warmed conditions

(2015) Andrew B. Moyes et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2015) Lise Tingstad et al.   OECOLOGIA

Warming and neighbor removal affect white spruce seedling growth differently above and below treeline

(2015) Kyoko Okano et al.   SpringerPlus

Conducting Meta-Analyses inRwith themetaforPackage

(2015) Wolfgang Viechtbauer   Journal of Statistical Software

Seed-based treeline seedlings are vulnerable to freezing events in the early growing season under a warmer climate: Evidence from a reciprocal transplant experiment in the Sergyemla Mountains, southeast Tibet

(2014) Wei Shen et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

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

(2014) Frank Hagedorn et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of the duration of cold stratification on early life stages of the Mediterranean alpine plantSilene ciliata

(2014) A. García-Fernández et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Facilitation among plants in alpine environments in the face of climate change

(2014) Fabien Anthelme et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Snow Fungi—Induced Mortality of Pinus cembra at the Alpine Treeline: Evidence from Plantations

(2013) Ignacio Barbeito et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Wood Microsites at Timberline-Alpine Meadow Borders: Implications for Conifer Seedling Regeneration and Alpine Meadow Conifer Invasion

(2013) Adelaide C. Johnson et al.   NORTHWEST SCIENCE

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

(2013) Natalie Zurbriggen et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Similar tree seedling responses to shrubs and to simulated environmental changes at Pyrenean and subarctic treelines

(2013) Oriol Grau et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Seed–seedling conflict in conifers as a result of plant–plant interactions at the forest-tundra ecotone

(2013) Brittany H. Cranston et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

The importance of ecological constraints on the control of multi-species treeline dynamics in eastern Nunavik, Québec

(2012) Geneviève Dufour-Tremblay et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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

Reproduction and seedling establishment of Picea glauca across the northernmost forest-tundra region in Canada

(2012) Xanthe Walker et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant community type and small-scale disturbances, but not altitude, influence the invasibility in subarctic ecosystems

(2012) Ann Milbau et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Shrub-tree interactions and environmental changes drive treeline dynamics in the Subarctic

(2012) Oriol Grau et al.   OIKOS

Spatial patterns of Smith fir alpine treelines on the south-eastern Tibetan Plateau support that contingent local conditions drive recent treeline patterns

(2012) Yafeng Wang et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Reciprocal root-shoot cooling and soil fertilization effects on the seasonal growth of two treeline conifer species

(2012) Günter Hoch   Plant Ecology & Diversity

A potential loss of carbon associated with greater plant growth in the European Arctic

(2012) Iain P. Hartley et al.   Nature Climate Change

20th century tree-line advance and vegetation changes along an altitudinal transect in the Putorana Mountains, northern Siberia

(2011) ALEXANDER V. KIRDYANOV et al.   BOREAS

Contrasting climate- and land-use-driven tree encroachment patterns of subarctic tundra in northern Norway and the Kola PeninsulaThis article is a contribution to the series Tree recruitment, growth, and distribution at the circumpolar forest–tundra transition.

(2011) Sigrun Aune et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Effects of experimental warming on phenology, growth and gas exchange of treeline birch (Betula utilis) saplings, Eastern Tibetan Plateau, China

(2011) Zhenfeng Xu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Growth limitation of mountain birch caused by sheep browsing at the altitudinal treeline

(2011) James D.M. Speed et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Unexpected mechanisms sustain the stress gradient hypothesis in a tropical alpine environment

(2011) Fabien Anthelme et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Feathermoss seedbeds facilitate black spruce seedling recruitment in the forest-tundra ecotone (Labrador, Canada)

(2011) Julia A. Wheeler et al.   OIKOS

Carbon balance of Arctic tundra under increased snow cover mediated by a plant pathogen

(2011) Johan Olofsson et al.   Nature Climate Change

Experimental evidence for herbivore limitation of the treeline

(2010) James D. M. Speed et al.   ECOLOGY

Microtopographic Control of Treeline Advance in Noatak National Preserve, Northwest Alaska

(2010) Patrick F. Sullivan et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Tundra burning in Alaska: Linkages to climatic change and sea ice retreat

(2010) Feng Sheng Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Establishing a missing link: warm summers and winter snow cover promote shrub expansion into alpine tundra in Scandinavia

(2010) Martin Hallinger et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The interacting effects of temperature, ground disturbance, and herbivory on seedling establishment: implications for treeline advance with climate warming

(2010) Anne Munier et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Linking carbon balance to establishment patterns: comparison of whitebark pine and Engelmann spruce seedlings along an herb cover exposure gradient at treeline

(2010) Sheel Bansal et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Comparing warming and grazing effects on birch growth in an alpine environment – a 10-year experiment

(2010) Annika Hofgaard et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Effects of a warmer climate on seed germination in the subarctic

(2009) Ann Milbau et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Characterizing Betula Litwinowii Seedling Microsites at the Alpine-Treeline Ecotone, Central Greater Caucasus Mountains, Georgia

(2009) Nicole M. Hughes et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Causes of stability in the alpine treeline in the Snowy Mountains of Australia – a natural experiment

(2009) Ken Green   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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

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

Seedling recruitment, survival and facilitation in alpinePinus uncinatatree line ecotones. Implications and potential responses to climate warming

(2009) Enric Batllori et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Socialism in soil? The importance of mycorrhizal fungal networks for facilitation in natural ecosystems

(2009) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Refining the stress-gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Altitudinal variation in leaf mass per unit area, leaf tissue density and foliar nitrogen and phosphorus content along an Amazon-Andes gradient in Peru

(2009) Martine J. van de Weg et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Mountain Birch Seedlings in the Treeline Ecotone, Subarctic Finland: Variation in Above- and Below-Ground Growth Depending on Microtopography

(2008) Kerstin Anschlag et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Timberline structure and limited tree recruitment in the Catalan Pyrenees

(2008) Jose M. Ninot et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Factors structuring the treeline ecotone in Fennoscandia

(2008) Jon Moen et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity