Fire facilitates warming-induced upward shifts of alpine treelines by altering interspecific interactions

Biotic interactions between trees and other plants may modulate the responses of alpine treelines to climate. Moderate disturbances could, therefore, accelerate upward shifts of alpine treelines as the climate warms by reducing the coverage of competitor plants and resetting interspecific interactio...

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Autores: Wang, Yafeng|||0000-0003-2656-3605, Case, Bradley, Lu, Xiaoming|||0000-0002-5012-9270, Ellison, Aaron M., Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150, Zhu, Haifeng|||0000-0001-9968-7284, Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264, Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:218326
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/218326
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s00468-019-01841-6
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Climate change
Dendroecology
Fire disturbance
Interspecific competition
Tree recruitment
Treeline shift
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spelling Fire facilitates warming-induced upward shifts of alpine treelines by altering interspecific interactionsWang, Yafeng|||0000-0003-2656-3605Case, BradleyLu, Xiaoming|||0000-0002-5012-9270Ellison, Aaron M.Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150Zhu, Haifeng|||0000-0001-9968-7284Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922Climate changeDendroecologyFire disturbanceInterspecific competitionTree recruitmentTreeline shiftBiotic interactions between trees and other plants may modulate the responses of alpine treelines to climate. Moderate disturbances could, therefore, accelerate upward shifts of alpine treelines as the climate warms by reducing the coverage of competitor plants and resetting interspecific interactions. Larch (Larix potaninii var. macrocarpa) treelines disturbed by fire on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau are good locales for testing this hypothesis. We characterized treelines in five large rectangular plots spanning undisturbed and fire-disturbed fir (Abies georgei) and larch treelines. The fires in the 1960s caused gaps in the reconstructed age structures of the larches during the 1970s but did not lead to downslope shifts in treeline position. Recruitment has instead increased since the 1980s within the disturbed larch treelines, with treelines shifting upward by 11-44 m. In contrast, the undisturbed larch and fir treeline positions remained mostly unchanged. We hypothesize that upslope shifts of alpine treelines are likely a consequence of climatic warming, but fire disturbances can accelerate these dynamics by altering interspecific interactions. 22019-01-0120192019-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/218326https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s00468-019-01841-6reponame: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:2183262026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fire facilitates warming-induced upward shifts of alpine treelines by altering interspecific interactions
title Fire facilitates warming-induced upward shifts of alpine treelines by altering interspecific interactions
spellingShingle Fire facilitates warming-induced upward shifts of alpine treelines by altering interspecific interactions
Wang, Yafeng|||0000-0003-2656-3605
Climate change
Dendroecology
Fire disturbance
Interspecific competition
Tree recruitment
Treeline shift
title_short Fire facilitates warming-induced upward shifts of alpine treelines by altering interspecific interactions
title_full Fire facilitates warming-induced upward shifts of alpine treelines by altering interspecific interactions
title_fullStr Fire facilitates warming-induced upward shifts of alpine treelines by altering interspecific interactions
title_full_unstemmed Fire facilitates warming-induced upward shifts of alpine treelines by altering interspecific interactions
title_sort Fire facilitates warming-induced upward shifts of alpine treelines by altering interspecific interactions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Wang, Yafeng|||0000-0003-2656-3605
Case, Bradley
Lu, Xiaoming|||0000-0002-5012-9270
Ellison, Aaron M.
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Zhu, Haifeng|||0000-0001-9968-7284
Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264
Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922
author Wang, Yafeng|||0000-0003-2656-3605
author_facet Wang, Yafeng|||0000-0003-2656-3605
Case, Bradley
Lu, Xiaoming|||0000-0002-5012-9270
Ellison, Aaron M.
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Zhu, Haifeng|||0000-0001-9968-7284
Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264
Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922
author_role author
author2 Case, Bradley
Lu, Xiaoming|||0000-0002-5012-9270
Ellison, Aaron M.
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Zhu, Haifeng|||0000-0001-9968-7284
Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264
Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922
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author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Climate change
Dendroecology
Fire disturbance
Interspecific competition
Tree recruitment
Treeline shift
topic Climate change
Dendroecology
Fire disturbance
Interspecific competition
Tree recruitment
Treeline shift
description Biotic interactions between trees and other plants may modulate the responses of alpine treelines to climate. Moderate disturbances could, therefore, accelerate upward shifts of alpine treelines as the climate warms by reducing the coverage of competitor plants and resetting interspecific interactions. Larch (Larix potaninii var. macrocarpa) treelines disturbed by fire on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau are good locales for testing this hypothesis. We characterized treelines in five large rectangular plots spanning undisturbed and fire-disturbed fir (Abies georgei) and larch treelines. The fires in the 1960s caused gaps in the reconstructed age structures of the larches during the 1970s but did not lead to downslope shifts in treeline position. Recruitment has instead increased since the 1980s within the disturbed larch treelines, with treelines shifting upward by 11-44 m. In contrast, the undisturbed larch and fir treeline positions remained mostly unchanged. We hypothesize that upslope shifts of alpine treelines are likely a consequence of climatic warming, but fire disturbances can accelerate these dynamics by altering interspecific interactions.
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