Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau

The alpine treeline is commonly regarded as being sensitive to climatic warming because regeneration and growth of trees at treeline generally are limited by low temperature. The alpine treelines of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) occur at the highest elevations (4,900 m above sea level) in the Northern He...

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Autores: Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264, Wang, Yafeng|||0000-0003-2656-3605, Piao, Shilong|||0000-0001-8057-2292, Lu, Xiaoming|||0000-0002-5012-9270, Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922, Zhu, Haifeng|||0000-0001-9968-7284, Zhu, Liping, Ellison, Aaron M., Ciais, Philippe|||0000-0001-8560-4943, Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1073/pnas.1520582113
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Palabra clave:Alpine treeline
Treeline dynamics
Climate change
Interspecific competition
Tibetan Plateau
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spelling Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan PlateauLiang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264Wang, Yafeng|||0000-0003-2656-3605Piao, Shilong|||0000-0001-8057-2292Lu, Xiaoming|||0000-0002-5012-9270Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922Zhu, Haifeng|||0000-0001-9968-7284Zhu, LipingEllison, Aaron M.Ciais, Philippe|||0000-0001-8560-4943Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150Alpine treelineTreeline dynamicsClimate changeInterspecific competitionTibetan PlateauThe alpine treeline is commonly regarded as being sensitive to climatic warming because regeneration and growth of trees at treeline generally are limited by low temperature. The alpine treelines of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) occur at the highest elevations (4,900 m above sea level) in the Northern Hemisphere. Ongoing climatic warming is expected to shift treelines upward. Studies of treeline dynamics at regional and local scales, however, have yielded conflicting results, indicating either unchanging treeline elevations or upward shifts. To reconcile this conflict, we reconstructed in detail a century of treeline structure and tree recruitment at sites along a climatic gradient of 4 °C and mean annual rainfall of 650 mm on the eastern TP. Species interactions interacted with effects of warming on treeline and could outweigh them. Densification of shrubs just above treeline inhibited tree establishment, and slowed upward movement of treelines on a time scale of decades. Interspecific interactions are major processes controlling treeline dynamics that may account for the absence of an upward shift at some TP treelines despite continued climatic warming. 22016-01-0120162016-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/150810https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1073/pnas.1520582113reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengEuropean Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 610028open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest material està protegit per drets d'autor i/o drets afins. Podeu utilitzar aquest material en funció del que permet la legislació de drets d'autor i drets afins d'aplicació al vostre cas. Per a d'altres usos heu d'obtenir permís del(s) titular(s) de drets.https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:1508102026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau
title Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau
spellingShingle Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau
Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264
Alpine treeline
Treeline dynamics
Climate change
Interspecific competition
Tibetan Plateau
title_short Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau
title_full Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau
title_fullStr Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau
title_full_unstemmed Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau
title_sort Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264
Wang, Yafeng|||0000-0003-2656-3605
Piao, Shilong|||0000-0001-8057-2292
Lu, Xiaoming|||0000-0002-5012-9270
Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922
Zhu, Haifeng|||0000-0001-9968-7284
Zhu, Liping
Ellison, Aaron M.
Ciais, Philippe|||0000-0001-8560-4943
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
author Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264
author_facet Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264
Wang, Yafeng|||0000-0003-2656-3605
Piao, Shilong|||0000-0001-8057-2292
Lu, Xiaoming|||0000-0002-5012-9270
Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922
Zhu, Haifeng|||0000-0001-9968-7284
Zhu, Liping
Ellison, Aaron M.
Ciais, Philippe|||0000-0001-8560-4943
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
author_role author
author2 Wang, Yafeng|||0000-0003-2656-3605
Piao, Shilong|||0000-0001-8057-2292
Lu, Xiaoming|||0000-0002-5012-9270
Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922
Zhu, Haifeng|||0000-0001-9968-7284
Zhu, Liping
Ellison, Aaron M.
Ciais, Philippe|||0000-0001-8560-4943
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Alpine treeline
Treeline dynamics
Climate change
Interspecific competition
Tibetan Plateau
topic Alpine treeline
Treeline dynamics
Climate change
Interspecific competition
Tibetan Plateau
description The alpine treeline is commonly regarded as being sensitive to climatic warming because regeneration and growth of trees at treeline generally are limited by low temperature. The alpine treelines of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) occur at the highest elevations (4,900 m above sea level) in the Northern Hemisphere. Ongoing climatic warming is expected to shift treelines upward. Studies of treeline dynamics at regional and local scales, however, have yielded conflicting results, indicating either unchanging treeline elevations or upward shifts. To reconcile this conflict, we reconstructed in detail a century of treeline structure and tree recruitment at sites along a climatic gradient of 4 °C and mean annual rainfall of 650 mm on the eastern TP. Species interactions interacted with effects of warming on treeline and could outweigh them. Densification of shrubs just above treeline inhibited tree establishment, and slowed upward movement of treelines on a time scale of decades. Interspecific interactions are major processes controlling treeline dynamics that may account for the absence of an upward shift at some TP treelines despite continued climatic warming.
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