A synthesis and future research directions for tropical mountain ecosystem restoration

T Christmann, IO Menor - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Many tropical mountain ecosystems (TME) are severely disturbed, requiring ecological
restoration to recover biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, the extent of …

The inability of tropical cloud forest species to invade grasslands above treeline during climate change: potential explanations and consequences

EM Rehm, KJ Feeley - Ecography, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The upper elevational range edges of most tropical cloud forest tree species and hence the
'treeline'are thought to be determined primarily by temperatures. For this reason, the treeline …

Evaluación del estado de conservación de los bosques montanos en los Andes tropicales

NT Garavito, E Álvarez, SA Caro, AA Murakami… - …, 2012 - revistaecosistemas.net
Resumen Tejedor Garavito, N., Álvarez, E., Arango Caro, S., Araujo Murakami, A., Blundo,
C., Boza Espinosa, TE, La Torre Cuadros, MA, Gaviria, J., Gutiérrez, N., Jørgensen, PM …

[HTML][HTML] Estructura, diversidad y dinámica de la vegetación en el ecotono bosque-páramo: revisión de la evidencia en la Cordillera de Mérida

LD Llambí - Acta biológica colombiana, 2015 - scielo.org.co
En los Andes tropicales, el límite altitudinal de los bosques corresponde a una compleja
zona de transición entre el bosque paramero y el páramo andino. En el límite inferior de …

A neotropical perspective on the uniqueness of the Holocene among interglacials

J Schiferl, M Kingston, CM Åkesson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding how tropical systems have responded to large-scale climate change, such as
glacial-interglacial oscillations, and how human impacts have altered those responses is …

[PDF][PDF] Flancos Andinos: Paleoecología, biogeografía crítica y ecología política en los climas cambiantes de los bosques neotropicales de montaña

FO Sarmiento, EV Sarmiento - Editorial INDES_CES/UNTRM …, 2021 - academia.edu
Para mí es un gran honor, inesperado, que los autores me hayan pedido un breve prefacio
para el presente volumen. De hecho, fue tan inesperado que me sentí tentado a …

Ecosystem carbon storage across the grassland–forest transition in the high Andes of Manu National Park, Peru

A Gibbon, MR Silman, Y Malhi, JB Fisher, P Meir… - Ecosystems, 2010 - Springer
Improved management of carbon storage by terrestrial biomes has significant value for
mitigating climate change. The carbon value of such management has the potential to …

Late and postglacial vegetation and fire history in Southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego

V Markgraf, UM Huber - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2010 - Elsevier
Two 17,000-yr-old peat bog records from low-elevation sites in Tierra del Fuego (Harberton,
54° 54′ S) and southern Patagonia (Río Rubens, 52° 4′ 48 ″S) and one c. 14,000 calyr …

Influences of 20th‐century warming at the upper tree line contingent on local‐scale interactions: evidence from a latitudinal gradient in the Rocky Mountains, USA

GP Elliott - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Twentieth‐century climate, the spatial pattern of tree establishment and positive
feedback influence upper tree line ecotones. Here, I investigate how these factors interact to …

Mountain treelines: a roadmap for research orientation

GP Malanson, LM Resler, MY Bader… - Arctic, Antarctic, and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
For over 100 years, mountain treelines have been the subject of varied research endeavors
and remain a strong area of investigation. The purpose of this paper is to examine aspects of …