How the timberline formed: altitudinal changes in stand structure and dynamics around the timberline in central Japan | Zendy

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How the timberline formed: altitudinal changes in stand structure and dynamics around the timberline in central Japan

Author(s) -

Koichi Takahashi,

Tatsuru Hirosawa,

Ryohei Morishima

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcs043

Subject(s) - altitude (triangle) , biology , deciduous , botany , alpine climate , ecology , mathematics , geometry

Altitudinal timberlines are thought to move upward by global warming, a crucial topic in ecology. Tall tree species (the conifer Abies mariesii and the deciduous broad-leaved Betula ermanii) dominate the sub-alpine zone between 1600 and 2500 m a.s.l., the timberline, on Mount Norikura in central Japan. Dwarf pine Pinus pumila dominates above the timberline to near the summit (3026 m a.s.l.). This study evaluated how the timberline formed on Mount Norikura by examining altitudinal changes in stand structure and dynamics around the timberline.

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