Warming-induced upward migration of the alpine treeline in the Changbai Mountains, northeast China

doi:10.1111/gcb.13963

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	Warming-induced upward migration of the alpine treeline in the Changbai Mountains, northeast China
	Du, Haibo 1; Liu, Jie 1; Li, Mai-He 2,3; Buntgen, Ulf 2,4,5,6; Yang, Yue 1; Wang, Lei 1,7; Wu, Zhengfang 1; He, Hong S.1,8
通讯作者	Wu, Zhengfang(wuzf@nenu.edu.cn) ; He, Hong S.(hehs100@nenu.edu.cn)
	2018-03-01
发表期刊	GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
ISSN	1354-1013
卷号	24 期号:3 页码:1256-1266
摘要	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.
关键词	altitudinal transect Betula ermanii Changbai Mountains climate change dendroecology forest growth treeline dynamics
资助者	National Key R&D Program of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ; Youth and Sports of Czech Republic
DOI	10.1111/gcb.13963
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Key R&D Program of China[2016YFA0602301] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41601052] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41471085] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41371076] ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2016M600225] ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[2412016KJ025] ; Youth and Sports of Czech Republic[LO1415]
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000425396700032
出版者	WILEY
引用统计	被引频次：70[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/127325
专题	中国科学院金属研究所
通讯作者	Wu, Zhengfang; He, Hong S.
作者单位	1.Northeast Normal Univ, Sch Geog Sci, Changchun, Jilin, Peoples R China 2.Swiss Fed Res Inst WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Appl Ecol, Shenyang, Liaoning, Peoples R China 4.Univ Cambridge, Dept Geog, Cambridge, England 5.Masaryk Univ, Dept Geog, Brno, Czech Republic 6.Global Change Res Inst CAS, Brno, Czech Republic 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Northeast Inst Geog & Agroecol, Changchun, Jilin, Peoples R China 8.Univ Missouri, Sch Nat Resources, Columbia, MO USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Du, Haibo,Liu, Jie,Li, Mai-He,et al. Warming-induced upward migration of the alpine treeline in the Changbai Mountains, northeast China[J]. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY,2018,24(3):1256-1266.
APA	Du, Haibo.,Liu, Jie.,Li, Mai-He.,Buntgen, Ulf.,Yang, Yue.,...&He, Hong S..(2018).Warming-induced upward migration of the alpine treeline in the Changbai Mountains, northeast China.GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY,24(3),1256-1266.
MLA	Du, Haibo,et al."Warming-induced upward migration of the alpine treeline in the Changbai Mountains, northeast China".GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 24.3(2018):1256-1266.