Contrasting responses to climate change at Himalayan treelines revealed by population demographics of two dominant species

doi:10.1002/ece3.5968

Title: Contrasting responses to climate change at Himalayan treelines revealed by population demographics of two dominant species

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^[1]; Shrestha, Bharat Babu ^[2]; Sharma, Ravi Kumar ^[3]; Adhikari, Arjun ^[4];

^[5]; Singer, Michael ^[6]; Parmesan, Camille ^[7]

Department of Integrative Biology The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX USA, Department of Biology University of Maryland College Park MD USA
Central Department of Botany Tribhuvan University Kirtipur Kathmandu Nepal
Department of Biology Nobel Academy Higher Secondary School and College Kathmandu Nepal
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management Oklahoma State University Stillwater OK USA
Department of Biology University of Maryland College Park MD USA
School of Biological Sciences Plymouth University Plymouth UK, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology (SETE) UMR 5321 CNRS University Paul‐Sabatier Moulis France
School of Biological Sciences Plymouth University Plymouth UK, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology (SETE) UMR 5321 CNRS University Paul‐Sabatier Moulis France, Department of Geological Sciences The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX USA

Publication Date:: 2020-01-28

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1595533

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1595534

Grant/Contract Number:: 09‐NICCR‐1077

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Ecology and Evolution

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Ecology and Evolution; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-7758

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Mainali, Kumar, Shrestha, Bharat Babu, Sharma, Ravi Kumar, Adhikari, Arjun, Gurarie, Eliezer, Singer, Michael, and Parmesan, Camille. Contrasting responses to climate change at Himalayan treelines revealed by population demographics of two dominant species.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Mainali, Kumar, Shrestha, Bharat Babu, Sharma, Ravi Kumar, Adhikari, Arjun, Gurarie, Eliezer, Singer, Michael, & Parmesan, Camille. Contrasting responses to climate change at Himalayan treelines revealed by population demographics of two dominant species.  United Kingdom.  doi:10.1002/ece3.5968.

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  title        = {Contrasting responses to climate change at Himalayan treelines revealed by population demographics of two dominant species},

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Tree recruitment above the treeline and potential for climate-driven treeline change journal, December 2009

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Stand dynamics, regeneration patterns and long-term continuity in boreal old-growth Picea abies swamp-forests
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journal, February 2000

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journal, May 2015

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journal, January 2015

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journal, October 2009

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journal, January 1989

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journal, May 2019

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journal, January 2005

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journal, July 2012

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journal, April 2000

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journal, April 2004

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journal, January 2014

Holocene Dynamics of Treeline Forests in the Sierra Nevada
journal, June 1997

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journal, August 2014

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journal, March 2000

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journal, March 1984

Another perspective on altitudinal limits of alpine timberlines
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journal, April 1996

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