Warming-induced upward migration of the alpine treeline in the Changbai Mountains, northeast China
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F18%3A00113254" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/18:00113254 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/86652079:_____/18:00489436
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.13963" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.13963</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13963" target="_blank" >10.1111/gcb.13963</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Warming-induced upward migration of the alpine treeline in the Changbai Mountains, northeast China
Original language description
Treeline responses to environmental changes describe an important phenomenon in global change research. Often conflicting results and generally too short observations are, however, still challenging our understanding of climate-induced treeline dynamics. Here, we use a state-of-the-art dendroecological approach to reconstruct long-term changes in the position of the alpine treeline in relation to air temperature at two sides in the Changbai Mountains in northeast China. Over the past 160 years, the treeline increased by around 80 m, a process that can be divided into three phases of different rates and drives. The first phase was mainly influenced by vegetation recovery after an eruption of the Tianchi volcano in 1702. The slowly upward shift in the second phase was consistent with the slowly increasing temperature. The last phase coincided with rapid warming since 1985, and shows with 33 m per 1 degrees C, the most intense upward shift. The spatial distribution and age structure of trees beyond the current treeline confirm the latest, warming-induced upward shift. Our results suggest that the alpine treeline will continue to rise, and that the alpine tundra may disappear if temperatures will increase further. This study not only enhances mechanistic understanding of long-term treeline dynamics, but also highlights the effects of rising temperatures on high-elevation vegetation dynamics.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10500 - Earth and related environmental sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Global Change Biology
ISSN
1354-1013
e-ISSN
1365-2486
Volume of the periodical
24
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
1256-1266
UT code for WoS article
000425396700032
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85042141453