Altitudinal and horizontal shifts of the upper boundaries of open and closed forests in the Polar Urals in the 20th century

Shiyatov, S. G.; Terent’ev, M. M.; Фомин, В. В.; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.

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“…Tree line responses to climate change are dependent on a multitude of interacting abiotic and biotic drivers in a site-specific manner (Holtmeier & Broll 2005, Holtmeier 2009, Hofgaard et al 2012, with characteristics determined by multiple variables (Holtmeier & Broll 2007, Hofgaard et al 2012, dominated by temperature, precipitation, wind and herbivory (Sveinbjörnsson et al 2002, Cairns & Moen 2004, Holtmeier & Broll 2005. A change in the re generation capacity in the tree line ecotone has caused its main features, forest line, tree line and species line (limit of tree saplings and seedlings) to move back and forth over time in accordance with long-and short-term climate changes (Dalen & Hofgaard 2005, Payette 2007, Shiyatov et al 2007, Holtmeier & Broll 2010, Chhetri & Cairns 2015. Ameztegui et al (2015) parameterised and used an individual based, spatially explicit model of forest dynamics (SORTIE-ND) to investigate the role of species-specific differences in juvenile performance induced by climate change (juvenile growth and recruitment ability) in the dynamics of mixed forests located in the montane−subalpine ecotone of the Pyrenees.…”

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Forests dynamics in the montane–alpine boundary: a comparative study using satellite imagery and climate data

Dincă¹,

Niţă²,

Hofgaard³

et al. 2017

Clim. Res.

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Forests dynamics in the montane–alpine boundary: a comparative study using satellite imagery and climate data

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Niţă²,

Hofgaard³

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“…Indeed, modern 52 evidence for such relocations exists and these have been explicitly or implicitly 53 related to recent climate warming (Shiyatov et al, 2007;Kullman and Öberg, 2009). 54…”

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A century of tree line changes in sub-Arctic Sweden shows local and regional variability and only a minor influence of 20th century climate warming

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Haneca

Hoogesteger

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Journal of Biogeography

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“…Grabherr et al, 1994;Walther et al, 2005;Sanz-Elorza et al, 2003), the tree line has expanded to higher elevations (Camarero and Gutiérrez, 2004;Gehrig-Fasel et al, 2007;Kullman, 2002;Mindas et al, 2000;Penuelas and Boada, 2003;Sanz-Elorza et al, 2003;Shiyatov et al, 2007), while in the Arctic, shrub cover has become denser and higher (Sturm et al, 2001;Tape et al, 2006). A first step in investigating phenology and growth pattern of alpine plants consists in analyzing long-term monitoring data.…”

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Changes in alpine plant growth under future climate conditions

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Jonas²,

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Abstract. Alpine shrub-and grasslands are shaped by extreme climatic conditions such as a long-lasting snow cover and a short vegetation period. Such ecosystems are expected to be highly sensitive to global environmental change. Prolonged growing seasons and shifts in temperature and precipitation are likely to affect plant phenology and growth. In a unique experiment, climatology and plant growth was monitored for almost a decade at 17 snow meteorological stations in different alpine regions along the Swiss Alps. Regression analyses revealed highly significant correlations between mean air temperature in May/June and snow melt out, onset of plant growth, and plant height. These correlations were used to project plant growth phenology for future climate conditions based on the gridded output of a set of regional climate models runs. Melt out and onset of growth were projected to occur on average 17 days earlier by the end of the century than in the control period from 1971-2000 under the future climate conditions of the low resolution climate model ensemble. Plant height and biomass production were expected to increase by 77% and 45%, respectively. The earlier melt out and onset of growth will probably cause a considerable shift towards higher growing plants and thus increased biomass. Our results represent the first quantitative and spatially explicit estimates of climate change impacts on future growing season length and the respective productivity of alpine plant communities in the Swiss Alps.

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Altitudinal and horizontal shifts of the upper boundaries of open and closed forests in the Polar Urals in the 20th century

Cited by 77 publications

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Forests dynamics in the montane–alpine boundary: a comparative study using satellite imagery and climate data

Forests dynamics in the montane–alpine boundary: a comparative study using satellite imagery and climate data

A century of tree line changes in sub-Arctic Sweden shows local and regional variability and only a minor influence of 20th century climate warming

Changes in alpine plant growth under future climate conditions

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