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Impact of Climate Change on Plants in the Nepal Himalayas
Growing evidence shows that growth patterns, distribution range shifts, and modifications of adaptation strategies of plants fingerprint the impacts of climate change. Plants growing in the Himalayan mountains...
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Contrasting treeline dynamics of pine and birch in response to climate warming in the Karakoram
Pine benefited from a warming climate with increasing recruitment and upslope shifts of alpine treeline but birch treelines were mostly static highlighting the influence of other confounding, local factors.
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Intensity, frequency and rate of insect herbivory for an alpine Rhododendron shrub: elevational patterns and leaf-age effects
Uncertainty still exists on the directions and intensity of changes in leaf herbivory under scenarios of global warming. We, therefore, conducted an investigation on insect herbivory along an elevational gradi...
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Enhanced habitat loss of the Himalayan endemic flora driven by warming-forced upslope tree expansion
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 trees and quantification o...
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An earlier start of the thermal growing season enhances tree growth in cold humid areas but not in dry areas
Climatic warming alters the onset, duration and cessation of the vegetative season. While previous studies have shown a tight link between thermal conditions and leaf phenology, less is known about the impacts...
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Threshold responses of juniper tree growth and regeneration to climate warming and drought stress at alpine treeline
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Negative growth responses to temperature of sympatric species converge under warming conditions on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau
Warming-induced drought stress leads to convergent and negative growth responses to temperature between sympatric tree species, implying an increasing interspecific competition for soil moisture.
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New perspectives on sub-seasonal xylem anatomical responses to climatic variability
Quantitative wood anatomy represents a tool to investigate paleoclimatic signals on a seasonal to sub-seasonal basis.
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Fire facilitates warming-induced upward shifts of alpine treelines by altering interspecific interactions
Moderate-severity fire disturbances can accelerate upslope shifts of alpine treelines by reducing interspecific interactions, providing additional evidence for the species interaction mechanism in controlling ...
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Threshold-dependent and non-linear associations between temperature and tree growth at and below the alpine treeline
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Editorial note for the special section on ‘Tree-Ring Research in Asia’ of TREES: structure and function
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Temperature thresholds for the onset of xylogenesis in alpine shrubs on the Tibetan Plateau
The threshold minimum air temperature driving xylem growth of alpine Rhododendron aganniphum is lower than that commonly observed at the treeline of conife...
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Impact of plot shape and size on the evaluation of treeline dynamics in the Tibetan Plateau
Field survey methods influence the assessment of treeline structure and inferences on reconstructed treeline dynamics.
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Woody biomass production lags stem-girth increase by over one month in coniferous forests
Wood is the main terrestrial biotic reservoir for long-term carbon sequestration1, and its formation in trees consumes around 15% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions each year2. However, the seasonal dynami...
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The alpine dwarf shrub Cassiope fastigiata in the Himalayas: does it reflect site-specific climatic signals in its annual growth rings?
This is the first time to show that alpine Cassiope fastigiata shrubs form distinct annual growth rings and record climatic signals.
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Collecting and Processing Wood Microcores for Monitoring Xylogenesis
Detailed analyses of cambium activity and wood formation need repeated samplings of the develo** xylem and specific procedures for sample preparation. In order to minimize the damage to the stem, wood sample...
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Phenological variation in height growth and needle unfolding of Smith fir along an altitudinal gradient on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau
Little is known about variations in tree phenology and their driving forces on the Tibetan Plateau. Herein, we monitored shoot growth and needle unfolding of Smith fir (Abies georgei var. smithii) between 3,800 a...
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How can Populus euphratica cope with extremely dry growth conditions at 2,800 m a.s.l. on the northern Tibetan Plateau?
Euphrates poplar (Populus euphratica) is a key species of Tugai forests in the central Asian deserts and has been the topic of dendrochronological studies in west China since the 1980s. However, little is known a...
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Has an extending growing season any effect on the radial growth of Smith fir at the timberline on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau?
The growing season of high-elevation forests will presumably lengthen in response to warming. However, little is known about long-term effects of an extended growing season, particularly on the Tibetan Plateau...
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Annual ring widths are good predictors of changes in net primary productivity of alpine Rhododendron shrubs in the Sergyemla Mountains, southeast Tibet
It is unclear whether annual ring widths (ARW) are good predictors of changes in net primary productivity (NPP) of trees or shrubs in cold environments. We test if the simulated NPP with inputs of observed lea...