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© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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12 Mar 2015
Research article |
| 12 Mar 2015
Continuous and discontinuous variation in ecosystem carbon stocks with elevation across a treeline ecotone
J. D. M. Speed
University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
V. Martinsen
Department of Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway
A. J. Hester
The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK
Ø. Holand
Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway
J. Mulder
Department of Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway
A. Mysterud
Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway
G. Austrheim
University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Climate change evidence in tree growth and stand productivity at the upper treeline ecotone in the Polar Ural Mountains N. Devi et al. 10.1186/s40663-020-0216-9
- Species-Specific Response to Climate Change: Evident through Retrospective Analysis Using Tree Ring Data P. Neupane et al. 10.3390/f14040737
- Mapping and Estimating Aboveground Biomass in an Alpine Treeline Ecotone under Model-Based Inference R. Mukhopadhyay et al. 10.3390/rs15143508
- Above- and belowground linkages shape responses of mountain vegetation to climate change F. Hagedorn et al. 10.1126/science.aax4737
- How do soil properties affect alpine treelines? General principles in a global perspective and novel findings from Rolwaling Himal, Nepal M. Müller et al. 10.1177/0309133315615802
- Effect of Climate Change on the Growth of Tree Species: Dendroclimatological Analysis A. Gauli et al. 10.3390/f13040496
- Assessing stock and thresholds detection of soil organic carbon and nitrogen along an altitude gradient in an east Africa mountain ecosystem C. Njeru et al. 10.1016/j.geodrs.2017.04.002
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- Long‐term P weathering and recent N deposition control contemporary plant‐soil C, N, and P J. Davies et al. 10.1002/2015GB005167
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- Latitudinal decline in stand biomass and productivity at the elevational treeline in the Ural mountains despite a common thermal growth limit F. Hagedorn et al. 10.1111/jbi.13867
- Effect of bedrock, tree size and time on growth and climate sensitivity of Norway spruce in the High Tatras S. Basnet et al. 10.1007/s10342-024-01725-6
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- Vegetation dry matter dynamics along treeline ecotone in Western Himalaya, India I. Rai et al. 10.1007/s42965-020-00067-9
19 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Long‐term spatiotemporal dynamics in a mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) forest in south‐east Norway P. Nygaard et al. 10.1002/pei3.10087
- Climate change evidence in tree growth and stand productivity at the upper treeline ecotone in the Polar Ural Mountains N. Devi et al. 10.1186/s40663-020-0216-9
- Species-Specific Response to Climate Change: Evident through Retrospective Analysis Using Tree Ring Data P. Neupane et al. 10.3390/f14040737
- Mapping and Estimating Aboveground Biomass in an Alpine Treeline Ecotone under Model-Based Inference R. Mukhopadhyay et al. 10.3390/rs15143508
- Above- and belowground linkages shape responses of mountain vegetation to climate change F. Hagedorn et al. 10.1126/science.aax4737
- How do soil properties affect alpine treelines? General principles in a global perspective and novel findings from Rolwaling Himal, Nepal M. Müller et al. 10.1177/0309133315615802
- Effect of Climate Change on the Growth of Tree Species: Dendroclimatological Analysis A. Gauli et al. 10.3390/f13040496
- Assessing stock and thresholds detection of soil organic carbon and nitrogen along an altitude gradient in an east Africa mountain ecosystem C. Njeru et al. 10.1016/j.geodrs.2017.04.002
- Summer litter decomposition is moderated by scale‐dependent microenvironmental variation in tundra ecosystems E. Gallois et al. 10.1111/oik.10261
- Satellites Reveal Global Migration Patterns of Natural Mountain Treelines during Periods of Rapid Warming Y. Zhang & C. An 10.3390/f15101780
- Long‐term P weathering and recent N deposition control contemporary plant‐soil C, N, and P J. Davies et al. 10.1002/2015GB005167
- Soil carbon stocks in forest-tundra ecotones along a 500 km latitudinal gradient in northern Norway C. Devos et al. 10.1038/s41598-022-17409-3
- Latitudinal decline in stand biomass and productivity at the elevational treeline in the Ural mountains despite a common thermal growth limit F. Hagedorn et al. 10.1111/jbi.13867
- Effect of bedrock, tree size and time on growth and climate sensitivity of Norway spruce in the High Tatras S. Basnet et al. 10.1007/s10342-024-01725-6
- Contrasting changes in above- and below-ground biomass allocation across treeline ecotones in southeast Tibet X. Liu et al. 10.1007/s11629-016-4003-6
- Stand Biomass at Treeline Ecotone in Russian Subarctic Mountains Is Primarily Related to Species Composition but Its Dynamics Driven by Improvement of Climatic Conditions P. Moiseev et al. 10.3390/f13020254
- Qualitative evaluation of nine agricultural methods for increasing soil carbon storage in Norway A. Budai et al. 10.1111/ejss.13493
- Herbaceous Encroachment from Mountain Birch Forests to Alpine Tundra Plant Communities Through Above- and Belowground Competition X. Tan et al. 10.3390/f10020170
- Vegetation dry matter dynamics along treeline ecotone in Western Himalaya, India I. Rai et al. 10.1007/s42965-020-00067-9
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Here we investigate how ecosystem carbon stocks vary with elevation shifting from the closed forest to open alpine tundra, in the mountains of southern Norway. Above-ground carbon stocks decreased with elevation, with a clear breakpoint at the forest line, while the organic horizon soil carbon stocks increased linearly with elevation. Overall, ecosystem carbon stocks increased with elevation above the treeline and decreased with elevation below, demonstrating the importance of the treeline.
Here we investigate how ecosystem carbon stocks vary with elevation shifting from the closed...
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