Ecological responses to variation in seasonal snow cover

RA Slatyer, KDL Umbers, PA Arnold - Conservation Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal snow is among the most important factors governing the ecology of many
terrestrial ecosystems, but rising global temperatures are changing snow regimes and …

Winter climate change in plant–soil systems: summary of recent findings and future perspectives

K Makoto, T Kajimoto, L Koyama, G Kudo, H Shibata… - Ecological …, 2014 - Springer
The winter climate is changing in many parts of the world, and it is predicted that winter
climate change will modify the structure and function of plant–soil systems. An …

Community phylogenetics at the biogeographical scale: cold tolerance, niche conservatism and the structure of N orth A merican forests

BA Hawkins, M Rueda, TF Rangel… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The fossil record has led to a historical explanation for forest diversity gradients within
the cool parts of the Northern Hemisphere, founded on a limited ability of woody angiosperm …

Spatial and temporal patterns of the sensitivity of radial growth response by Picea schrenkiana to regional climate change in the Tianshan Mountains

Z Peng, Y Zhang, L Zhu, M Guo, Q Lu, K Xu… - Journal of Forestry …, 2023 - Springer
Climate change significantly impacts forest ecosystems in arid and semi-arid regions.
However, spatiotemporal patterns of climate-sensitive changes in individual tree growth …

Declines in northern forest tree growth following snowpack decline and soil freezing

AB Reinmann, JR Susser, EMC Demaria… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in growing season climate are often the foci of research exploring forest
response to climate change. By contrast, little is known about tree growth response to …

Phylotranscriptomic and ecological analyses reveal the evolution and morphological adaptation of Abies

ZR Wei, D Jiao, CA Wehenkel, XX Wei… - Journal of Integrative …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coniferous forests are under severe threat of the rapid anthropogenic climate warming.
Abies (firs), the fourth‐largest conifer genus, is a keystone component of the boreal and …

The soil microclimate and microbial characteristics jointly drive the response of vegetation productivity to changes in snow cover—A global meta-analysis

Q Xu, T Zha, P Liu, CPA Bourque, X Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent climate warming has greatly shaped snow-cover patterns globally. Variances in
snow cover are expected to affect soil microclimate and microorganisms, which may cause …

Long-term forest dynamics in response to climate change in northern mixed forests in Japan: A 38-year individual-based approach

T Hiura, S Go, H Iijima - Forest Ecology and Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change is expected to cause a directional change in northern mixed forests from
sub-boreal conifer-dominated to cool-temperate broad-leaved trees dominated forests due …

Microclimatic variation regulates seed germination phenology in alpine plant communities

C Espinosa del Alba, E Fernández‐Pascual… - Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
For most terrestrial plants, regeneration depends on the ability of seeds to germinate in the
most favourable climatic conditions. Understanding seed germination phenology is thus …

Tracking rates of postfire conifer regeneration vs. deciduous vegetation recovery across the western United States

MK Vanderhoof, TJ Hawbaker, A Ku… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Postfire shifts in vegetation composition will have broad ecological impacts. However,
information characterizing postfire recovery patterns and their drivers are lacking over large …