| Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau | |
| Liang, EY (Liang, Eryuan)1,2,3; Wang, YF (Wang, Yafeng)1; Piao, SL (Piao, Shilong)1,3; Lu, XM (Lu, Xiaoming)1; Camarero, JJ (Julio Camarero, Jesus)4; Zhu, HF (Zhu, Haifeng)1; Zhu, LP (Zhu, Liping)2,3; Ellison, AM (Ellison, Aaron M.)5; Ciais, P (Ciais, Philippe)6; Penuelas, J (Penuelas, Josep)7; Liang, EY | |
| Source Publication | PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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| 2016 | |
| Volume | 113Issue:16Pages:4380-4385 |
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1520582113 |
| Abstract | 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 degrees 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. |
| Subject Area | 自然地理学 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000374393800049 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Keyword | Climate-change Tree-line Alpine-treeline Temperature-variations Landscape Dynamics Mountains Forest China Rings 20th-century |
| Cooperation Status | 国际 |
| Department | 环境 |
| Subtype | Article |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7715 |
| Collection | 图书馆 |
| Corresponding Author | Liang, EY |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Alpine Ecol & Biodivers, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.CSIC, IPE, Zaragoza 50059, Spain 5.Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA 01366 USA 6.Univ Versailles St Quentin, CNRS, Lab Sci Climat & Environm, Commissariat Energie Atom, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France 7.UAB, CREAF, Global Ecol Unit, CSIC, E-08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles, Catalonia, Spain |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Liang, EY ,Wang, YF ,Piao, SL ,et al. Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,2016,113(16):4380-4385. |
| APA | Liang, EY .,Wang, YF .,Piao, SL .,Lu, XM .,Camarero, JJ .,...&Liang, EY.(2016).Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau.PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,113(16),4380-4385. |
| MLA | Liang, EY ,et al."Species interactions slow warming-induced upward shifts of treelines on the Tibetan Plateau".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 113.16(2016):4380-4385. |
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