treelines

Commonsense would suggest this is far too strong a condition for growth of plants, but may be approximately met by quasi-physical proxies such as treelines, at least until trees reach the top of a mountain.

Noise in Jones et al [1998] « Climate Audit 2005

For more than an hour, the guides and their clients scanned the fields and treelines.

Special Ops, Pig Patrol: Commando Wannabes Stalk Porky Kris Hudson 2011

  The muffled sound of fireworks crashing through the treelines, the way her skin smelled the next day like smoke and dirt.

A Name That Hurt 2010

Pollen and macrofossil records from the Torneträsk area in northern Swedish Lapland indicate optimal conditions for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) from 6.3 to 4.5 ky BP [89] and records of treeline change in northern Sweden show high-elevation treelines around 6 ky BP [90].

Arctic climate variability prior to 100 years BP 2009

Changes of treelines and alpine vegetation in relation to post-glacial climate dynamics in northern Fennoscandia based on pollen and chironomid records.

Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009

In addition to potential paludification [72] and local human activities displacing treelines southward, permafrost thawing, surface water drainage, and soil drying in areas of low precipitation are likely to lead to the formation of vegetation similar to the tundra – steppe [73] (section 7.2.2).

Effects of climate change on landscape and regional processes and feedbacks to the climate system in the Arctic 2009

Unlike the early Holocene, when lower relative sea level allowed a belt of tundra to persist around at least some parts of the Arctic Basin when treelines advanced to the present coast, sea level is very likely to rise in the future, further restricting the area of tundra and other treeless arctic ecosystems.

Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels 2009

A number of questions about arctic and associated alpine treelines have attracted scientific interest for well over a century.

Climate change and forest distribution in the Arctic 2009

Because of this overriding interest in temperature limits, and because of the ubiquitous occurrence of treelines across the Arctic and the high state of preservation of dead trees in the cold environment of the Arctic, treeline studies have much to offer on the specific question of climate warming and cooling.

Climate change and forest distribution in the Arctic 2009

Over 30 years ago, as a college student, I studied the causes of climate change and advancing alpine treelines.

Gary Hirshberg: I Don't Know What Tomorrow Holds, But I Know Who Holds Tomorrow 2008