Niels Schwab

TL;DR: The authors reviewed the current state of knowledge regarding sensitivity and response of Himalayan treelines to climate warming, based on extensive field observations, published results in the widely scattered literature, and novel data from ongoing research of the present authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of the transition to agroforestry practices have been quantified and studied in detail, in particular in Nepal, and the results show significant differences in soil pH, aluminium content, base saturation, electric conductivity, organic matter and nitrogen content.

TL;DR: The relationships of Abies spectabilis radial tree growth and Blue Intensity to climate were determined by correlating both to temperature, precipitation and drought index data and showed a significantly unstable dendroclimatic signal over time.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors performed a 2½-year monitoring in a near-natural treeline ecotone in Rolwaling Himal, Nepal, and found a growing season mean soil temperature of 7.5 ± 0.6 °C at 10 cm depth at the Ralwaling treeline.

TL;DR: This paper reviewed and synthesized the current state of knowledge regarding sensitivity and response of Himalayan treelines to climate warming, based on extensive field observations, published results in the widely scattered literature and novel data from ongoing research of the present authors.