Numerous studies have reported that treelines are moving to higher elevations and higher
latitudes. Most treelines are temperature limited and warmer climate expands the area in …

Questions: Did the forest area in the Swiss Alps increase between 1985 and 1997? Does
the forest expansion near the tree line represent an invasion into abandoned grasslands …

Circumpolar expansion of tall shrubs and trees into Arctic tundra is widely thought to be
occurring as a result of recent climate warming, but little quantitative evidence exists for …

High‐altitude treelines are temperature‐limited vegetation boundaries, but little quantitative
evidence exists about the impact of climate change on treelines in untouched areas of …

Climate change and the resulting natural vegetation succession can alter vegetation
productivity. However, the mechanisms underlying future productivity changes under the two …

Avalanche disturbances are important processes in many subalpine forest ecosystems but
have received relatively little research attention in comparison to other major types of …

Arctic warming has been linked to observed increases in tundra shrub cover and growth in
recent decades,, on the basis of significant relationships between deciduous shrub …

This paper presents an analysis of achievements and the current state of one of the main
trends of forest typological studies in the Russian Federation, namely, the genetic approach …

The Russian treeline is a dynamic ecotone typified by steep gradients in summer
temperature and regionally variable gradients in albedo and heat flux. The location of the …

The ongoing climatic changes potentially affect plant growth and the functioning of
temperature‐limited high‐altitude and high‐latitude ecosystems; the rate and magnitude of …