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A general model of treeline form and dynamics
Treeline is a global ecological phenomenon in which tree populations decline, often abruptly, above a specific elevation or latitude. Temperature is...
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Phenology and water relations of treeline species of Western Himalaya, India
Many regions of Himalayas are warming more than global average rate, and treeline is assumed to be sensitive to changes in the climate. The Indian...
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The Treeline Ecotone in Rolwaling Himal, Nepal: Pattern-Process Relationships and Treeline Shift Potential
Using a landscape approach, the sensitivity, and response of a treeline ecotone to climate warming were addressed in a multiyear study in Rolwaling...
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Role of LiDAR remote sensing in identifying physiognomic traits of alpine treeline: a global review
Alpine treeline ecotones act as early warning systems for detecting the impact of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems. The physiognomic traits...
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Treeline Research in the Himalaya: Current Understanding and Future Imperatives
Treeline ecotone is of particular ecological significance because of its distinct physiognomy, species composition, rapid changes in the community...
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Experimental evidence, global patterns of treeline position and climate provide no substance for a lignin limitation hypothesis of tree growth
While the position of alpine and arctic treelines can be predicted by climatic data, the underlying biological mechanisms are still unclear. In a...
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A new method for quantifying treeline-ecotone change based on multiple spatial pattern dimensions
ContextTreeline-ecotone spatial patterns and their dynamics reflect underlying processes. Changes in ecotone pattern may reflect changes in natural...
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Patterns of Plant Species Richness Across the Himalayan Treeline Ecotone
Treeline ecotones, the transition zone between the upper closed forest limit (timberline) and treeless alpine vegetation, are the most conspicuous...
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Ecology of Himalayan Treeline Ecotone
This book brings together comprehensive multi-disciplinary knowledge on diverse aspects of the Himalayan treeline ecotone which is considered one of...
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Forest dynamics along altitudinal gradient covering treeline ecotone of Indian Western Himalaya
The present study is an attempt to analyze the pattern of trees distribution, population structure and regeneration status along altitudinal...
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Water Relations of the Indian Himalayan Treeline Species
This chapter deals with study the variation in water relation and drought-adaptive mechanisms of five Himalayan treeline species Quercus...
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Treeline Dynamics in Nepal Himalaya in a Response to Complexity of Factors
The Nepal Himalaya is experiencing a higher temperature rise with erratic rainfall and more drought events in recent decades. Alpine treelines are...
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Experimental evidence for a thermal limitation of plant cell wall lignification at the alpine treeline
In their recent article in Alpine Botany (133:63-67, 2023a), Körner et al. revisit the outcome of an interesting experiment from 2009 (Lenz et al.,...
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Contrasting treeline dynamics of pine and birch in response to climate warming in the Karakoram
Key messagePine benefited from a warming climate with increasing recruitment and upslope shifts of alpine treeline but birch treelines were mostly...
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Patterns in climate and seedling establishment at a dry tropical treeline
In some internal valleys of the northern Andes, precipitation at treeline elevation is seasonal, with one or two dry periods that could exert a...
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Chronic in situ tissue cooling does not reduce lignification at the Swiss treeline but enhances the risk of ‘blue’ frost rings
In their 2013 paper, Lenz et al. illustrated how trees growing at the low-temperature limit respond to a chronic in situ warming or cooling by 3 K,...
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Herbaceous Vegetation Structure and Phenology at Treeline Ecotone in Relation to Natural Snowmelt
This study aims to find out the impact of early natural snowmelt on diversity, composition and phenology of herbaceous vegetation of treeline ecotone...
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Map** the Spatial Patterns of Biodiversity Along the Alpine Treeline Ecotone in the Eastern Himalaya Using Information Theory
Climatic variability causes loss of biodiversity in high-elevation ecosystems. Monitoring of biodiversity along the temperature-sensitive treeline...
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Responses of Herbaceous Species of Alpine Treeline to Elevated CO2
Adaptation of plant species to cold environment and short growing season in the Himalayan high altitudes could render them highly sensitive to future...
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Age-Girth Stand Structure of Himalayan Fir and Growth-NDVI Relationship in the Treeline Transects of Western Himalaya: An Ecological Perspective
Subalpine forests are the important indicators of climate change and the future biomass stock under forest densification and treeline advancement....