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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Dynamic treeline and cryosphere response to pronounced mid-Holocene climatic variability in the US Rocky Mountains.

Gregory T Pederson, Daniel Stahle, David B McWethy, Matthew Toohey, Johann Jungclaus, Craig Lee, Justin Martin, Mio Alt, Nickolas Kichas, Nathan Chellman and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Postglacial ecosystem development of a hydrothermal landscape in Yellowstone National Park.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  3. Tree rings and Earth System Models unveil mid-Holocene alpine climate.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Gregory T PedersonU.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, MT 59715.ORCID 0000-0002-6014-1425
Daniel StahleU.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, MT 59715.
David B McWethyDepartment of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717.ORCID 0000-0003-3879-4865
Matthew TooheyDepartment of Physics & Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CA S7N 5E2.ORCID 0000-0002-7070-405X
Johann JungclausMax-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg 20146, Germany.
Craig LeeDepartment of Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717.
Justin MartinU.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, MT 59715.ORCID 0000-0002-3523-6596
Mio AltDepartment of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717.
Nickolas KichasU.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, MT 59715.
Nathan ChellmanDivision of Hydrologic Science, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV 89512.ORCID 0000-0002-1117-1046
Joseph R McConnellDivision of Hydrologic Science, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV 89512.ORCID 0000-0001-9051-5240
Cathy WhitlockDepartment of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717.

Funding

Buffalo Bill Historical Center Draper Natural History Museum; University of Wyoming's Biodiversity Institute: Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation-Monaco and USA n/aCuster Gallatin National Forest Cost Share Agreement: 07-PA-11010800-017DOI | U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) USGS Ecosystem Mission Area n/aNSF (NSF) 1832486NSF (NSF) 2149482Shoshone National Forest Cost Share Agreement: 08-CS-11021400-014 09-CS-11021400-001Sulo and Aileen Maki Endowment at the Desert Research Institute n/a
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate-driven changes in high-elevation forest distribution and reductions in snow and ice cover have major implications for ecosystems and global water security. In the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of the Rocky Mountains (United States), recent melting of a high-elevation (3,091 m asl) ice patch exposed a mature stand of whitebark pine (

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climate changecyrospheretreelinewhitebark pineYellowstone

Identifiers

PMID39793115
PMCPMC11745347

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