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 …

[PDF][PDF] Feathermoss seedbeds facilitate black spruce seedling recruitment in the forest–tundra ecotone (Labrador, Canada)

JA Wheeler, L Hermanutz, PM Marino - Oikos, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
As climate warms, conifers are expected to expand their ranges into alpine tundra where
ecological factors such as seedbed availability, and post‐dispersal seed and seedling …

Ecophysiological variation in two provenances of Pinus flexilis seedlings across an elevation gradient from forest to alpine

K Reinhardt, C Castanha, MJ Germino… - Tree …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Climate change is predicted to cause upward shifts in forest tree distributions, which will
require seedling recruitment beyond current forest boundaries. However, predicting the …

The earliest stages of tree growth: development, physiology and impacts of microclimate

DM Johnson, KA McCulloh, K Reinhardt - … and age-related changes in tree …, 2011 - Springer
Although the germinant and young seedling life stage of trees has the highest mortality
rates, our understanding of their fundamental physiology is surprisingly limited in naturally …

Linking carbon balance to establishment patterns: comparison of whitebark pine and Engelmann spruce seedlings along an herb cover exposure gradient at treeline

S Bansal, K Reinhardt, MJ Germino - Plant Ecology, 2011 - Springer
There is increasing evidence that landscape vegetation patterns near species' range limits
are associated with positive biotic interactions, such as in the alpine-treeline ecotone. In the …

[PDF][PDF] Microclimate and regeneration patterns of Polylepis sericea in a treeline forest of the Venezuelan Andes

F Rada, C García-Núñez, S Rangel - Ecotrópicos, 2011 - academia.edu
Tropical high mountains constitute environments where harsh conditions prevail.
Polylepisforests are found above the continuous forest line throughout the Andes, with P …