Elevation alters ecosystem properties across temperate treelines globally

Jordan R. Mayor (), Nathan J. Sanders, Aimée T. Classen, Richard D. Bardgett, Jean-Christophe Clément, Alex Fajardo, Sandra Lavorel, Maja K. Sundqvist, Michael Bahn, Chelsea Chisholm, Ellen Cieraad, Ze’ev Gedalof, Karl Grigulis, Gaku Kudo, Daniel L. Oberski and David A. Wardle
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Jordan R. Mayor: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Nathan J. Sanders: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, The Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen DK-2100
Aimée T. Classen: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, The Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen DK-2100
Richard D. Bardgett: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester
Jean-Christophe Clément: Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine, CNRS UMR 5553, Université Grenoble Alpes, CS 40700
Alex Fajardo: Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP) R10C1003, Universidad Austral de Chile, Camino Baguales s/n
Sandra Lavorel: Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine, CNRS UMR 5553, Université Grenoble Alpes, CS 40700
Maja K. Sundqvist: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, The Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen DK-2100
Michael Bahn: Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck
Chelsea Chisholm: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, The Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen DK-2100
Ellen Cieraad: Landcare Research
Ze’ev Gedalof: University of Guelph
Karl Grigulis: Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine, CNRS UMR 5553, Université Grenoble Alpes, CS 40700
Gaku Kudo: Hokkaido University, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science
Daniel L. Oberski: Utrecht University
David A. Wardle: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Nature, 2017, vol. 542, issue 7639, 91-95

Abstract: Examination of the ecosystem properties of treeline ecotones in seven temperate regions of the world shows that the reduction in temperature with increasing elevation does not affect tree leaf nutrient concentrations, but does reduce ground-layer community-weighted plant nitrogen levels, leading to a strong stoichiometric convergence of ground-layer plant community nitrogen to phosphorus ratios across all regions.

Date: 2017
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