Publications related to Altitudinal zonation

Collocated observations of cloud condensation nuclei, particle size distributions, and chemical composition

Athanasios Nenes, Julia Schmale, Ghislain Gilles Jean-Michel Motos

Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) number concentrations alongside with submicrometer particle number size distributions and particle chemical composition have been measured at atmospheric observatories of the Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research InfraS ...

2017

Matching ecohydrological processes and scales of banded vegetation patterns in semiarid catchments

Gabriele Manoli, Gabriel George Katul, Peter Molnar

While the claim that water-carbon interactions result in spatially coherent vegetation patterning is rarely disputed in many arid and semiarid regions, the significance of the detailed water pathways and other high frequency variability remain an open ques ...

2016

Carbon storage versus albedo change: radiative forcing of forest expansion in temperate mountainous regions of Switzerland

Michael Lehning, Marc Schneebeli Zeugin, Mathias Thierry Pierre Bavay

In this study, we assess the climate mitigation potential from afforestation in a mountainous snow-rich region (Switzerland) with strongly varying environmental conditions. Using radiative forcing calculations, we quantify both the carbon sequestration pot ...

European Geosciences Union2015

Nitrogen limitation and microbial diversity at the treeline

Alexandre Buttler, Julien Roy, Aurélie Thébault

Tree growth limitation at treeline has mainly been studied in terms of carbon limitation while effects and mechanisms of potential nitrogen (N) limitation are barely known, especially in the southern hemisphere. We investigated how soil abiotic properties ...

Nordic Ecological Society2014

Ecological response of trees to simulated climate change along an altitudinal gradient (CLIMARBRE)

Alexandre Buttler, Constant Signarbieux, María Paula Sanginés De Cárcer

Assessing the impacts of climate change on mountain ecosystems is challenging as it takes several decades to observe an ecological response. Using a transplantation experiment in the Swiss Jura Mountains we study the adaptability of beech and spruce to sim ...

2014

Transplantation of subalpine wood-pasture turfs along a natural climatic gradient reveals lower resistance of unwooded pastures to climate change compared to wooded ones

Alexandre Buttler, Konstantin Svetlozarov Gavazov, Thomas Spiegelberger

Climate change could impact strongly on cold-adapted mountain ecosystems, but little is known about its interaction with traditional land-use practices. We used an altitudinal gradient to simulate a year-round warmer and drier climate for semi-natural suba ...

Springer2014

Analytic probability distributions for snow-dominated streamflow

Andrea Rinaldo, Bettina Schaefli, Gianluca Botter

We propose a novel analytical description of the streamflow probability distribution functions (pdfs) in Alpine catchments characterized by pronounced, snow-dominated winter low flows. Knowledge about such hydrological regimes is crucial for water resource ...

American Geophysical Union2013

Elevation-dependent influence of snow accumulation on forest greening

Ernesto Trujillo Gomez

Rising temperatures and declining water availability have influenced the ecological function of mountain forests over the past half-century. For instance, warming in spring and summer and shifts towards earlier snowmelt are associated with an increase in w ...

Nature Publishing Group2012

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Altitudinal zonation

Collocated observations of cloud condensation nuclei, particle size distributions, and chemical composition

Negative elevation-dependent warming trend in the Eastern Alps

Matching ecohydrological processes and scales of banded vegetation patterns in semiarid catchments

Carbon storage versus albedo change: radiative forcing of forest expansion in temperate mountainous regions of Switzerland

Nitrogen limitation and microbial diversity at the treeline

Ecological response of trees to simulated climate change along an altitudinal gradient (CLIMARBRE)

Transplantation of subalpine wood-pasture turfs along a natural climatic gradient reveals lower resistance of unwooded pastures to climate change compared to wooded ones

Subalpine Pasture-Woodlands in a Changing Climate

Analytic probability distributions for snow-dominated streamflow

Elevation-dependent influence of snow accumulation on forest greening

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Collocated observations of cloud condensation nuclei, particle size distributions, and chemical composition

Negative elevation-dependent warming trend in the Eastern Alps

Subalpine Pasture-Woodlands in a Changing Climate

Nitrogen limitation and microbial diversity at the treeline

Matching ecohydrological processes and scales of banded vegetation patterns in semiarid catchments

Ecological response of trees to simulated climate change along an altitudinal gradient (CLIMARBRE)

Carbon storage versus albedo change: radiative forcing of forest expansion in temperate mountainous regions of Switzerland

Elevation-dependent influence of snow accumulation on forest greening

Transplantation of subalpine wood-pasture turfs along a natural climatic gradient reveals lower resistance of unwooded pastures to climate change compared to wooded ones

Analytic probability distributions for snow-dominated streamflow