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Climate Warming and Seasonal Precipitation Change Interact to Limit Species Distribution Shifts across Western North America by Harsch, Melanie A, HilleRisLambers, Janneke

“…Using an extensive network of occurrence records for 293 plant species collected over the past 40 years across a climatically diverse geographic section of…”
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Are treelines advancing? A global meta-analysis of treeline response to climate warming by Harsch, Melanie A, Hulme, Philip E, McGlone, Matt S, Duncan, Richard P

“…Treelines are temperature sensitive transition zones that are expected to respond to climate warming by advancing beyond their current position. Response to…”
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How will biotic interactions influence climate change-induced range shifts? by HilleRisLambers, Janneke, Harsch, Melanie A., Ettinger, Ailene K., Ford, Kevin R., Theobald, Elinore J.

“…Biotic interactions present a challenge in determining whether species distributions will track climate change. Interactions with competitors, consumers,…”
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Winter climate limits subantarctic low forest growth and establishment by Harsch, Melanie A, McGlone, Matt S, Wilmshurst, Janet M

“…Campbell Island, an isolated island 600 km south of New Zealand mainland (52 °S, 169 °E) is oceanic (Conrad Index of Continentality  =  -5) with small…”
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Treeline form - a potential key to understanding treeline dynamics by Harsch, Melanie A., Bader, Maaike Y.

“…Aim: Treelines occur globally within a narrow range of mean growing season temperatures, suggesting that low-temperature growth limitation determines the…”
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Influence of climate and regeneration microsites on Pinus contorta invasion into an alpine ecosystem in New Zealand by E. Hulme, Philip, P. Duncan, Richard, Tomiolo, Sara, A. Harsch, Melanie

“…In many regions, alien conifers have spread widely at lower elevations and are increasingly found colonizing alpine areas. Although studies have addressed…”
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Keeping Pace with Climate Change: Stage-Structured Moving-Habitat Models by Harsch, Melanie A., Zhou, Ying, HilleRisLambers, Janneke, Kot, Mark

“…Life cycles can limit the abilities of species to track changing climatic conditions. We combined age or stage structure and a moving-habitat model to explore…”
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Moving forward: insights and applications of moving-habitat models for climate change ecology by Harsch, Melanie A., Phillips, Austin, Zhou, Ying, Leung, Margaret-Rose, Rinnan, D. Scott, Kot, Mark

“…1. Predicting and managing species' responses to climate change is one of the most significant challenges of our time. Tools are needed to address problems…”
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Causes of tree line stability: stem growth, recruitment and mortality rates over 15 years at New Zealand Nothofagus tree lines by Harsch, Melanie A., Buxton, Rowan, Duncan, Richard P., Hulme, Philip E., Wardle, Peter, Wilmshurst, Janet

“…Aim: Abrupt tree lines are relatively rare world-wide and are poorly understood. We studied demographic processes at abrupt tree lines to better understand the…”
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Interacting effects of management and environmental variability at multiple scales on invasive species distributions by Diez, Jeffrey M., Buckley, Hannah L., Case, Bradley S., Harsch, Melanie A., Sciligo, Amber R., Wangen, Steven R., Duncan, Richard P.

“…1. The distribution and abundance of invasive species can be driven by both environmental variables and land management decisions. However, understanding these…”
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Treeline form - a potential key to understanding treeline dynamics: The causes of treeline form by Harsch, Melanie A., Bader, Maaike Y.

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Causes of tree line stability: stem growth, recruitment and mortality rates over 15 years at New Zealand Nothofagus tree lines: Seed dispersal on islands by HARSCH, Melanie A, BUXTON, Rowan, DUNCAN, Richard P, HULME, Philip E, WARDLE, Peter, WILMSHURST, Janet

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Winter Climate Limits Subantarctic Low Forest Growth and Establishment: e93241 by Harsch, Melanie A, McGlone, Matt S, Wilmshurst, Janet M

“…Campbell Island, an isolated island 600 km south of New Zealand mainland (52 degree S, 169 degree E) is oceanic (Conrad Index of Continentality = -5) with…”
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