Spatial detection of alpine treeline ecotones in the Western United States

Abstract excerpt

Human-mediated climate change over the past century has resulted in significant impacts to global ecosystems and biodiversity including accelerating redistribution of the geographic ranges of species. In mountainous regions, the transition zone from continuous closed-canopy montane forests to treeless alpine tundra areas at higher elevations is commonly referred to as the “alpine treeline ecotone” (ATE). Globally,...

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• Biodiversity
• Birds
• Climate Change
• Ecosystem
• Phenotype

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2d06daef-a0f9-58b2-9956-f4da6d42422a

DOI

10.1016/j.rse.2020.111672