Temperate climates are defined by distinct temperature seasonality with large and often
unpredictable weather during any of the four seasons. To thrive in such climates, trees have …

Phenotypic plasticity allows large shifts in the timing of phenology within one single
generation and drives phenotypic variability under environmental changes, thus it will …

The focus of the trait‐based approach to study community ecology has mostly been on trait
comparisons at the interspecific level. Here we quantified intraspecific variation and …

Phenological events, such as the initiation and the end of seasonal growth, are thought to be
under strong evolutionary control because of their influence on tree fitness. Although …

Abstract The Araucaria-Nothofagus forests are a unique ecosystem in temperate rainforests
of Chile and Argentina. They include red-listed species and have a high cultural importance …

Nothofagus pumilio is the dominant and almost ubiquitous tree species in mountainous
environments of temperate South America. We used two types of molecular markers (cpDNA …

Environmental conditions and plant genotype may influence insect herbivory along
elevational gradients. Plant damage would decrease with elevation as temperature declines …

Changes in intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE) were investigated in Fagus sylvatica and
Nothofagus spp. over the last century. We combined dendrochronological methods with dual …

Aim The strength of consumer–plant interactions may decrease with latitude. Our objectives
were to assess the spatial variation in folivory on Nothofagus pumilio and understand the …

In low temperature‐adapted plants, including treeline trees, light‐saturated photosynthesis
is considerably less sensitive to temperature than growth. As a consequence, all plants …