ArticleThe New phytologist2026
Reduced snow cover at the alpine treeline: resistance and recovery of saplings.
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- Refreshing perspectives in a warming world: understanding the cold adaptation strategies of plants - an introduction to a Virtual Issue.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Warming Reduces Cold Hardiness of Boreal Plants but Damage Risk Varies by Species and Season.Global change biology · 2026Article
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At high elevations, tree saplings and shrubs are usually protected by mid-winter snow cover, although climate change is expected to extend the snow-free (SF) period. Exposure to winter drought, freeze-thaw events and freezing temperatures will therefore increase, inducing damages to the hydraulic system and to living cells, resulting in reduced growth and increased mortality. A snow removal experiment was carried out at 1700 m. above sea level on saplings of five different species (Acer pseudoplatanus, Juniperus communis, Larix decidua, Picea abies and Sorbus aucuparia). Stem diameter was continuously monitored and compared with spring hydraulic conductivity (PLC
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