ArticleScience advances2016
Tree growth acceleration and expansion of alpine forests: The synergistic effect of atmospheric and edaphic change.
Article in Science advances, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Permafrost instability negates the positive impact of warming temperatures on boreal radial growth.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Impacts of human pressure and climate on biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Phenotypic plasticity of growth ring traits inFrontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Climate-induced reversal of tree growth patterns at a tropical treeline.Science advances · 2021Article
- Large apparent growth increases in boreal forests inferred from tree-rings are an artefact of sampling biases.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Potential Elevation Shift of the European Beech Stands (Frontiers in plant science · 2019Article
- Integrating effects of species composition and soil properties to predict shifts in montane forest carbon-water relations.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
- Influence of riverine input on the growth of Glycymeris glycymeris in the Bay of Brest, North-West France.PloS one · 2017Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Many forest ecosystems have experienced recent declines in productivity; however, in some alpine regions, tree growth and forest expansion are increasing at marked rates. Dendrochronological analyses at the upper limit of alpine forests in the Tibetan Plateau show a steady increase in tree growth since the early 1900s, which intensified during the 1930s and 1960s, and have reached unprecedented levels since 1760. This recent growth acceleration was observed in small/young and large/old trees and coincided with the establishment of trees outside the forest range, reflecting a connection between the physiological performance of dominant species and shifts in forest distribution. Measurements of stable isotopes (carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen) in tree rings indicate that tree growth has been stimulated by the synergistic effect of rising atmospheric CO2 and a warming-induced increase in water and nutrient availability from thawing permafrost. These findings illustrate the importance of considering soil-plant-atmosphere interactions to understand current and anticipate future changes in productivity and distribution of forest ecosystems.
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