Persistence at the Tree Line: Old Trees as Opportunists
While old trees have long been of interest, their significant role in responding to climate change at northern tree lines has been overlooked. Long-lived black spruces at the tree line in Labrador show a radial growth response that is synchronous with recent climate warming. The ability of individua...
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description | While old trees have long been of interest, their significant role in responding to climate change at northern tree lines has been overlooked. Long-lived black spruces at the tree line in Labrador show a radial growth response that is synchronous with recent climate warming. The ability of individuals to persist with suppressed radial growth rates during adverse growing conditions may have significant implications for the rate at which these trees are able to respond when conditions become favourable. RÉSUMÉ. Même si les vieux arbres revêtent de l’intérêt depuis longtemps, on a négligé de considérer le rôle important qu’ils jouent en matière de réaction au changement climatique à la hauteur des limites forestières boréales. Au Labrador, les épinettes noires de longue date se trouvant à la limite forestière affichent une croissance radiale qui est synchrone avec le récent réchauffement climatique. L’aptitude des individus à persister malgré des taux de croissance radiale opprimés lorsque les conditions de croissance sont déficitaires peut avoir des incidences importantes sur le taux de réaction de ces arbres lorsque les conditions deviennent favorables. |
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spelling | ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/67173 2025-06-15T14:14:25+00:00 Persistence at the Tree Line: Old Trees as Opportunists Trant, Andrew J. Jameson, Ryan G. Hermanutz, Luise 2011-09-07 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67173 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67173/51083 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67173 ARCTIC; Vol. 64 No. 3 (2011): September: 269–398; 367–370 1923-1245 0004-0843 persistence krummholz dendrochronology tree line forest-tundra ecotone Mealy Mountains Labrador climate change black spruce Picea mariana persistance dendrochronologie limite forestière écotone de toundra forestière montagnes Mealy changement climatique épinette noire info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2011 ftunivcalgaryojs 2025-05-27T03:29:43Z While old trees have long been of interest, their significant role in responding to climate change at northern tree lines has been overlooked. Long-lived black spruces at the tree line in Labrador show a radial growth response that is synchronous with recent climate warming. The ability of individuals to persist with suppressed radial growth rates during adverse growing conditions may have significant implications for the rate at which these trees are able to respond when conditions become favourable. RÉSUMÉ. Même si les vieux arbres revêtent de l’intérêt depuis longtemps, on a négligé de considérer le rôle important qu’ils jouent en matière de réaction au changement climatique à la hauteur des limites forestières boréales. Au Labrador, les épinettes noires de longue date se trouvant à la limite forestière affichent une croissance radiale qui est synchrone avec le récent réchauffement climatique. L’aptitude des individus à persister malgré des taux de croissance radiale opprimés lorsque les conditions de croissance sont déficitaires peut avoir des incidences importantes sur le taux de réaction de ces arbres lorsque les conditions deviennent favorables. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic toundra Tundra Unknown Mealy Mountains ENVELOPE(-59.465,-59.465,53.383,53.383) Noire ENVELOPE(140.019,140.019,-66.666,-66.666) ARCTIC 64 3 |
spellingShingle | persistence krummholz dendrochronology tree line forest-tundra ecotone Mealy Mountains Labrador climate change black spruce Picea mariana persistance dendrochronologie limite forestière écotone de toundra forestière montagnes Mealy changement climatique épinette noire Trant, Andrew J. Jameson, Ryan G. Hermanutz, Luise Persistence at the Tree Line: Old Trees as Opportunists |
title | Persistence at the Tree Line: Old Trees as Opportunists |
title_full | Persistence at the Tree Line: Old Trees as Opportunists |
title_fullStr | Persistence at the Tree Line: Old Trees as Opportunists |
title_full_unstemmed | Persistence at the Tree Line: Old Trees as Opportunists |
title_short | Persistence at the Tree Line: Old Trees as Opportunists |
title_sort | persistence at the tree line: old trees as opportunists |
topic | persistence krummholz dendrochronology tree line forest-tundra ecotone Mealy Mountains Labrador climate change black spruce Picea mariana persistance dendrochronologie limite forestière écotone de toundra forestière montagnes Mealy changement climatique épinette noire |
topic_facet | persistence krummholz dendrochronology tree line forest-tundra ecotone Mealy Mountains Labrador climate change black spruce Picea mariana persistance dendrochronologie limite forestière écotone de toundra forestière montagnes Mealy changement climatique épinette noire |
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