An unusually high shrubline on the Tibetan Plateau

Ecology. 2021 Jun;102(6):e03310. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3310. Epub 2021 Mar 28.

Authors

Xiaoming Lu¹, Eryuan Liang^{1

2}, Jesús Julio Camarero³, Aaron M Ellison⁴

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
² CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
³ Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, Zaragoza, E-50192, Spain.
⁴ Harvard Forest, Harvard University, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, Massachusetts, 01366, USA.

PMID: 33583037
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3310

No abstract available

Keywords: Juniperus pingii var. wilsonii; alpine regions; altitudinal distribution; climate change; moisture; shrub ring; shrubline; temperature.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Climate Change*
Ecosystem*
Temperature
Tibet

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