18 Result(s)

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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...

Shalik Ram Sigdel, Nita Dyola, Jayram Pandey, Eryuan Liang in Flora and Vegetation of Nepal (2024)

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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.

Munawar Ali, Shalik Ram Sigdel, **angyu Zheng, Fayaz Asad, Ru Huang, Haifeng Zhu… in Trees (2022)

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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...

Guangshuai Cui, Lin Zhang, Wei Shen, Ying Guo, Eryuan Liang in Alpine Botany (2022)

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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.

Qiqi Du, Sergio Rossi, **aoming Lu, Yafeng Wang, Haifeng Zhu, Eryuan Liang… in Trees (2020)

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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 ...

Yafeng Wang, Bradley Case, **aoming Lu, Aaron M. Ellison, Josep Peñuelas… in Trees (2019)

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Threshold-dependent and non-linear associations between temperature and tree growth at and below the alpine treeline

Eryuan Liang, J. Julio Camarero in Trees (2018)

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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...

**aoxia Li, Sergio Rossi, Eryuan Liang, J. Julio Camarero in Trees (2016)

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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.

Yafeng Wang, Haifeng Zhu, Eryuan Liang, J. Julio Camarero in Trees (2016)

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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...

Henri E. Cuny, Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber, David Frank, Patrick Fonti… in Nature Plants (2015)

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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.

Eryuan Liang, Wenwen Liu, ** Ren, Binod Dawadi, Dieter Eckstein in Trees (2015)

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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...

Yafeng Wang, **aoxia Li, Binod Dawadi, Dieter Eckstein, Eryuan Liang in Trees (2013)

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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...

Eryuan Liang, ** Ren, Shengbang Zhang, Xuemei Shao, Dieter Eckstein in Trees (2013)

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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...

Bo Liu, Yan Li, Dieter Eckstein, Li** Zhu, Binod Dawadi, Eryuan Liang in Trees (2013)

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Growth variation in Abies georgei var. smithii along altitudinal gradients in the Sygera Mountains, southeastern Tibetan Plateau

A network of nine Smith fir (Abies georgei var. smithii) ring-width chronologies was constructed from sites ranging in elevation from 3,550 to 4,390 m above sea level (a.s.l.) in the Sygera Mountains, southeaster...

Eryuan Liang, Yafeng Wang, Yan Xu, Bo Liu, Xuemei Shao in Trees (2010)

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Dendroclimatic evaluation of climate-growth relationships of Meyer spruce (Picea meyeri) on a sandy substrate in semi-arid grassland, north China

Dendroclimatic techniques were used to assess the climate–growth relationships of refugial Meyer spruce (Picea meyeri Rehd. et Wils.) on a sandy substrate in semi-arid grassland of north China. Statistical analy...

Eryuan Liang, Xuemei Shao, Yuxi Hu, **xing Lin in Trees (2001)