Water use strategies among coexisting species across successional gradients critically influence forest climate resilience and biodiversity conservati…

See also the Commentary on this article by Wang & Xie, 250: 2711–2713.

Background and aims Plant-soil feedbacks impact climate-driven plant expansions. However, how canopy-induced soil heterogeneity affects these feedbacks, particularly in climatically stressful high-ele...

Long-term climate data suggest that the Arctic is entering a new era of bioclimatic extremes threatening cold ecosystems.

The warming climate is killing Australia’s forest trees at a faster rate. This offers a glimpse of what may lie ahead for forests globally.

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The asynchronous rise of Northern Hemisphere alpine floras was shaped by general responses to orogeny and climate change.

Measurements of carbon fluxes and wood phenology are used to assess carbon sources from photosynthesis and their sink into woody growth along a thermal gradient. The authors show that stem growth adva...

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Measurements of carbon fluxes and wood phenology are used to assess carbon sources from photosynthesis and their sink into woody growth along a thermal gradient. The authors show that stem growth adva...

Alpine treelines and shrublines are advancing to higher elevations in the context of warming. This Review synthesizes global trends in ecotone dynamics, explores the underlying drivers and mechanisms,...

Körner, C. Alpine Plant Life: Functional Plant Ecology of High Mountain Ecosystems (Springer, 2021). Miehe, G., Miehe, S., Vogel, J., Co, S. & Duo, L. Highest treeline in the Northern Hemisphere found in southern Tibet. Mt. Res. Dev. 27, 169–173...

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 24 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00703-9Alpine treelines and shrublines are advancing to higher elevations in the context of warming. This Review synthesizes global trends in ecotone dynamics, explores the underlying drivers and mechanisms, and considers the consequences to alpine regions.

Alpine treelines and shrublines are advancing to higher elevations in the context of warming. This Review synthesizes global trends in ecotone dynamics, explores the underlying drivers and mechanisms,...

Background Wildfires impact forests including understory composition and modify environmental conditions such as canopy cover and soil fertility. The recovery of understory plant community composition...

Growing evidence shows that growth patterns, distribution range shifts, and modifications of adaptation strategies of plants fingerprint the impacts of climate change. Plants growing in the Himal...

Climate warming is accelerating successional dynamics, with late-successional species rapidly outcompeting pioneer species at Himalayan treeline ecotones, offering insight into future forest successio...

At high elevations, fir trees are outcompeting once-dominant birches amid warmer, drier conditions

Climate warming is accelerating successional dynamics, with late-successional species rapidly outcompeting pioneer species at Himalayan treeline ecotones, offering insight into future forest successio...

Forest ecosystems absorb and store about 25% of global carbon dioxide emissions annually and are increasingly shaped by human land use and management. Climate change interacts with land use and fores...

We surveyed rainforest tree communities across the Australian subtropics (spanning 600 to 2500 mm rainfall year−1) and measured functional traits on 285 (91%) of all recorded species. Hydraulic strat....

This volume highlights the flora and vegetation of Nepal, which accounts for 20% of the Himalayan biodiversity.

Climate warming is accelerating successional dynamics, with late-successional species rapidly outcompeting pioneer species at Himalayan treeline ecotones, offering insight into future forest successio...