Encroachment drives facilitation at alpine shrublines

Ongoing encroachment is driving recent alpine shrubline dynamics globally, but the role of shrub-shrub interactions in shaping shrublines and their relationships with stem density changes remain poorly understood. Here, the size and age of shrubs from 26 Salix shrubline populations along a 900-km la...

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Main Authors: Yafeng Wang, Eryuan Liang, J. Julio Camarero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2024-01-01
Series:Forest Ecosystems
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2197562024000046