This report provides a brief review of key findings related to frost resistance in alpine woody
plant species, summarizes data on their frost resistance, highlights the importance of freeze …

Christian Körner has been at the forefront of research investigating treelines, and in the late
1990s and early 2000s he proposed a unifying theory to explain the global occurrence of …

The previous chapters have provided a first insight into the heterogeneity, complexity and
great physiognomic and ecological variety of the timberline phenomenon; a heterogeneity …

The general trend of climatically-driven treeline advance is modified by regional, local and
temporal variations. Treelines will not advance in a closed front parallel to the shift of any …

Donald H. DeHayes, Paul G. Schaberg, Gary J. Hawley, and G. Richard Strimbeck orest
ecosystems throughout the world are exposed to acid rain, a complex solution consisting …

Timberline, or the low-temperature limits of forest and tree growth, is one of the most
fundamental ecological boundaries. Below timberline, foliage and reproductive structures …

Growth of coniferous trees at alpine treeline locations has traditionally been viewed as
primarily temperature dependent. In this study, we use a physiologically mechanistic …

Our knowledge of the climatic characteristics of mountain regions is limited by both paucity
of observations—short records that seldom span 100 years and a sparse station network …

The alpine treeline is a potentially sensitive indicator of vegetation response to climate
change. However, there is not a generally accepted single hypothesis that explains treeline …

Of the numerous hypotheses that have been proposed to explain the reported reduction in
vigor, biomass, and regeneration of red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) throughout various …