Impacts of anthropogenic climate change on tropical montane forests: an appraisal of the evidence

EO Mata‐Guel, MCK Soh, CW Butler… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs)
are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly …

[PDF][PDF] Climate change 2022: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat - 2022 - hal.science
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments1, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian… - 2023 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Enhanced habitat loss of the Himalayan endemic flora driven by warming-forced upslope tree expansion

X Wang, T Wang, J Xu, Z Shen, Y Yang… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
High-elevation trees cannot always reach the thermal treeline, the potential upper range
limit set by growing-season temperature. But delineation of the realized upper range limit of …

Treeline remote sensing: from tracking treeline shifts to multi‐dimensional monitoring of ecotonal change

M Garbarino, D Morresi, N Anselmetto… - Remote Sensing in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Remote sensing applications have a long history in treeline research. Recent reviews have
examined the topic mainly from a methodological point of view. Here, we propose a question …

Global distribution and climatic controls of natural mountain treelines

X He, X Jiang, DV Spracklen, J Holden… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain treelines are thought to be sensitive to climate change. However, how climate
impacts mountain treelines is not yet fully understood as treelines may also be affected by …

Accelerated succession in Himalayan alpine treelines under climatic warming

SR Sigdel, X Zheng, F Babst, JJ Camarero, S Gao, X Li… - Nature Plants, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding how climate change influences succession is fundamental for predicting
future forest composition. Warming is expected to accelerate species succession at their …

Not every high‐latitude or high‐elevation forest edge is a treeline

C Körner, G Hoch - Journal of Biogeography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Attempts at identifying climate warming effects on mountain and arctic vegetation caused a
recent hype in treeline studies. In this perspectives article, we recall the need of clear‐cut …

Uppermost global tree elevations are primarily limited by low temperature or insufficient moisture

Y **e, Z Shen, T Wang, GP Malanson… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of anthropogenic global warming has induced significant upward dispersal of
trees to higher elevations at alpine treelines. Assessing vertical deviation from current …

Microbial mechanisms regulate soil organic carbon mineralization under carbon with varying levels of nitrogen addition in the above-treeline ecosystem

G Gaudel, L **ng, S Shrestha, M Poudel… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change is leading to the upward migration of treelines in mountainous regions,
resulting in changes to the carbon and nitrogen inputs in soils. The impact of these …