Mountain Taiga in a Warming Climate: Contrast of Siberian Pine Growth along an Elevation Gradient

Viacheslav I. Kharuk; Il’ya A. Petrov; Alexey S. Golyukov; Sergei T. Im; Alexander S. Shushpanov

doi:10.3390/f15010050

Forests (Dec 2023)

Mountain Taiga in a Warming Climate: Contrast of Siberian Pine Growth along an Elevation Gradient

Viacheslav I. Kharuk,
Il’ya A. Petrov,
Alexey S. Golyukov,
Sergei T. Im,
Alexander S. Shushpanov

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Viacheslav I. Kharuk: Sukachev Institute of Forests, Federal Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Academgorodok 50/28, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
Il’ya A. Petrov: Sukachev Institute of Forests, Federal Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Academgorodok 50/28, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
Alexey S. Golyukov: Sukachev Institute of Forests, Federal Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Academgorodok 50/28, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
Sergei T. Im: Sukachev Institute of Forests, Federal Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Academgorodok 50/28, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
Alexander S. Shushpanov: Sukachev Institute of Forests, Federal Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Academgorodok 50/28, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f15010050
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 1
p. 50

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The growth and survival of trees in the Siberian Mountains are experiencing a strong influence on climate warming. We analyzed Siberian pine (SP, Pinus sibirica) growth within the treeline ecotone in high (>1000 m) and low (Larix sibirica) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).

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ISSN: 1999-4907 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Botany: Plant ecology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/

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