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Tree growth and treeline responses to temperature: Different questions and concepts
Author(s) -
Camarero J. Julio,
Gazol Antonio,
SánchezSalguero Raúl,
Fajardo Alex,
McIntire Eliot J. B.,
Liang Eryuan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
global change biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.146
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1365-2486
pISSN - 1354-1013
DOI - 10.1111/gcb.15728
Subject(s) - climate change , ecology , environmental science , precipitation , global warming , elevation (ballistics) , latitude , climatology , atmospheric sciences , geography , biology , geology , meteorology , mathematics , geometry , geodesy
Climate warming is expected to enhance tree growth at alpine treelines. A higher growth rate is forecasted as temperatures rise and growth becomes less dependent on the temperature rise. Since radial growth is just one component of treeline dynamics those forecasts do not necessarily apply to treeline elevation or latitude; treelines can shift upward or poleward or remain stable.