Research on the degree to which carbon (C) availability limits growth in trees, as well as
recent trends in climate change and concurrent increases in drought-related tree mortality …

Attempts at explaining range limits of temperate tree species still rest on correlations with
climatic data that lack a physiological justification. Here, we present a synthesis of a …

Plants store large amounts of non‐structural carbohydrates (NSC). While multiple functions
of NSC have long been recognized, the interpretation of NSC seasonal dynamics is often …

What is addressed as growing season in terrestrial ecosystems is one of the main
determinants of annual plant biomass production globally. However, there is no well …

Abstract Non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs), the stored products of photosynthesis,
building blocks for growth and fuel for respiration, are central to plant metabolism, but their …

Christian Körner has been at the forefront of research investigating treelines, and in the late
1990s and early 2000s he proposed a unifying theory to explain the global occurrence of …

Despite decades of research on plant drought tolerance, the physiological mechanisms by
which trees succumb to drought are still under debate. We report results from an experiment …

Generations of plant scientists have been fascinated by alpine plant life-with the exposure of
organisms to dramatic climatic gradients over a very short distance. This comprehensive text …

环境是植物生存和发展的条件, 在各种不同的生境中聚生着特定的植物种类.
全球气候变化迅速而显著地改变着高海拔地区的生态环境, 这必将导致山地植物生理生态适应性 …

Aim At a coarse scale, the treelines of the world's mountains seem to follow a common
isotherm, but the evidence for this has been indirect so far. Here we aim at underpinning this …