Synthesizing knowledge about alpine-treeline ecotones

This workshop aligns with the Focus Session on alpine treelines and aims at bringing together researchers from diverse scientific backgrounds to discuss different approaches to understanding observed and predicted patterns of treeline-ecotone changes under climate- and land-use change, and how these approaches may offer synergies. As introductions to the discussion, we invite contributions that synthesize the state of the knowledge or specific developments in treeline research from the point of view of one or more disciplines or methodological approaches. Examples are tree-ring research, modelling, remote sensing, plant-plant interactions, plant-soil interactions, seedling establishment, tree ecophysiology, and more specific subtopics.