Dynamics at the treeline: differential responses of Picea mariana and Larix laricina to climate change in eastern subarctic Québec

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Geneviève Dufour-Tremblay, Esther Lévesque, Stéphane Boudreau
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2012
• Subjects: treeline; tree recruitment; global warming; Larix laricina; Picea mariana; dendrochronology; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Kangiqsualujjuaq; Nunavik; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044038; https://doaj.org/article/93a3034781d6464aaafa7b7ff64b77a9

Treelines are known to be temperature-sensitive ecotones, and therefore could rapidly expand their range limits in response to climate warming. Observations of lack of range expansion, however, indicate that ecological constraints partly control the treeline ecotones. The main objectives of this stu...