Alpine and Arctic treeline expansion depends on establishment of tree seedlings beyond the
current treeline, which is expected to occur with climate warming. However, treelines often …

Aims While treeline positions are globally correlated to growing season temperatures,
seedling establishment, an important process of alpine treeline dynamics, is additionally …

Significant treeline advance can only occur with successful establishment, growth, and
survival of new seedlings. Several studies have examined microsite factors at single …

Facilitation often occurs in environments where extreme climatic factors favour positive
rather than negative species interactions. This includes larger 'nurse'cushion plants in some …

Seedling and sapling spatial patterns are important in community regeneration, and
understanding the natural regeneration mechanisms of tree species in relation to spatial …

Establishment and survival of plant species in systems with dominant environmental drivers
(ie factors that exert disproportionate control over species establishment and survival) is …

When investigating relationships between species' niches and distributions, niches can be
divided demographically, resulting in unique niches for different life stages. This approach …

Treelines are sensitive to environmental changes, but few studies provide a mechanistic
approach to understand treeline dynamics based on field experiments. The aim of this study …

Species in cold-limited biomes are expected to expand their distribution ranges in response
to climate warming. For plants, range shifts can only occur via successful recruitment beyond …

As climate warms, abiotic factors, as well as plant community and biodiversity structure, may
constrain or promote the movement of ecotone boundaries. Our study sought to examine …