Relevant Literature

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Alexander, J. M., et al. (2018). Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change. Global Change Biology, 24, 563-579.

Boisvert-Marsh, L. & de Blois, S. (2021). Unravelling potential northward migration pathways for tree species under climate change. Journal of Biogeography, 48, 1088-1100.

Brown, C. D. & Vellend, M. (2014). Non-climatic constraints on upper elevational plant range expansion under climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281, 20141779.

Caspersen, J. P. & Saprunoff, M. (2005). Seedling recruitment in a northern temperate forest: the relative importance of supply and establishment limitation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 35, 978-989.

Chardon, N. I., McBurnie, L., Goodwin, K. J., Pradhan, K., Hille Ris Lambers, J., & Angert, A. L. (2024). Variable species establishment in response to microhabitat indicates different likelihoods of climate-driven range shifts. Ecography, e07144.

Cleavitt, N. L., Montague, M. S., Battles, J. J., Box, O. F., Matthes, J. H., & Fahey, T. J. (2022). Enemy release from beech bark disease coincides with upslope shift in American beech. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 52, 1224-1233.

Collin, A., Messier, C., & Bélanger, N. (2017). Conifer presence may negatively affect sugar maple’s ability to migrate into the boreal forest through reduced foliar nutritional status. Ecosystems, 20, 701-716.

Comita, L. S. & Hubbell, S. P. (2009). Local neighborhood and species’ shade tolerance influence survival in a diverse seedling bank. Ecology, 90, 328-334.

Copenhaver-Parry, P. E., Carroll, C. J. W., Martin, P. H., & Talluto, L. (2020). Multi-scale integration of tree recruitment and range dynamics in a changing climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29, 102-116.

Crofts, A. L. & Brown, C. D. (2020). The importance of biotic filtering on boreal conifer recruitment at alpine treeline. Ecography, 43, 914-929.

Engler, R., Randin, C. F., Vittoz, P., Czáka, T., Beniston, M., Zimmermann, N. E., & Guisan, A. (2009). Predicting future distributions of mountain plants under climate change: does dispersal capacity matter? Ecography, 32, 34-45.

Ettinger, A. & Hille Ris Lambers, J. (2017). Competition and facilitation may lead to asymmetric range shift dynamics with climate change. Global Change Biology, 23, 3921-3933.

Fisichelli, N. A., Frelich, L. E., & Reich, P. B. (2014). Temperate tree expansion into adjacent boreal forest patches facilitated by warmer temperatures. Ecography, 37, 152-161.

Foster, J. R. & D’Amato, A. W. (2015). Montane forest ecotones moved downslope in northeastern USA in spite of warming between 1984 and 2011. Global Change Biology, 21, 4497-4507.

Frelich, L. E., Calcote, R. R., Davis, M. B., & Pastor, J. (1993). Patch formation and maintenance in an old-growth hemlock-hardwood forest. Ecology, 74, 513-527.

Frelich, L. E. & Reich, P. B. (1995). Neighborhood effects, disturbance, and succession in forests of the western Great Lakes Region. Ecoscience, 2, 148-158.

Frelich, L. E. & Reich, P. B. (1999). Neighborhood effects, disturbance severity, and community stability in forests. Ecosystems, 2, 151-166.

Hille Ris Lambers, J., Harsch, M. A., Ettinger, A. K., Ford, K. R., & Theobald, E. J. (2013). How will biotic interactions influence climate change-induced range shifts? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1297, 112-125.

Janowiak, M. K., et al. (2018). New England and northern New York forest ecosystem vulnerability assessment and synthesis: A report from the New England Climate Change Response Framework project. https://doi.org/10.2737/nrs-gtr-173

Lenoir, J., Gégout, J.-C., Pierrat, J.-C., Bontemps, J.-D., & Dhôte, J.-F. (2009). Differences between tree species seedling and adult altitudinal distribution in mountain forests during the recent warm period (1986-2006). Ecography, 32, 765-777.

Lenoir, J. & Svenning, J.-C. (2015). Climate-related range shifts – a global multidimensional synthesis and new research directions. Ecography, 38, 15-28.

Lett, S., Nilsson, M.-C., Wardle, D. A., & Dorrepaal, E. (2017). Bryophyte traits explain climate-warming effects on tree seedling establishment. Journal of Ecology, 105, 496-506.

Miller, K. M., & McGill, B. J. (2018). Land use and life history limit migration capacity of eastern tree species. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, 57–67.

Ni, M. & Vellend, M. (2024). Soil properties constrain predicted poleward migration of plants under climate change. New Phytologist, 241, 131-141.

Parent, S., Simard, M.-J., Morin, H., & Messier, C. (2003). Establishment and dynamics of the balsam fir seedling bank in old forests of northeastern Quebec. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 33, 597-603.

Royo, A. A.  Carson, W. P. (2008). Direct and indirect effects of a dense understory on tree seedling recruitment in temperate forests: habitat-mediated predication versus competition. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38, 1634-1645.

Solarik, K. A., Cazelles, K., Messier, C., Bergeron, Y., & Gravel, D. (2020). Priority effects will impede range shifts of temperate tree species into the boreal forest. Journal of Ecology, 108, 1155-1173.

Sprugel, D. G. (1976). Dynamic structure of wave-regenerated Abies balsamea forests in the north-eastern United States. Journal of Ecology, 64, 889-911.

Svenning, J.-C., et al. (2014). The influence of interspecific interactions on species range expansion rates. Ecography, 37, 1198-1209.

Tourville, J. C., Wason, J. W., & Dovciak, M. (2022). Canopy gaps facilitate upslope shifts in montane conifers but not temperate deciduous trees in the Northeastern United States. Journal of Ecology, 110, 2870-2882.

Tourville, J. C. & Dovciak, M. (2023). Small mammal granivory as a biotic filter for tree establishment beyond elevation range boundaries. Plant Ecology, 224, 435-447.

Tourville, J. C., Zarfos, M. R., Lawrence, G. B., McDonnell, T. C., Sullivan, T. J., & Dovciak, M. (2023a). Soil biotic and abiotic thresholds in sugar maple and American beech seedling establishment in forests of the northeastern United States. Plant and Soil, 491, 387-400.

Tourville, J. C., Publicover, D., & Dovciak, M. (2023b). Forests on the move: tracking climate-related treeline changes in mountains of the northeastern United States. Journal of Biogeography, 50, 1993-2007.

Tourville, J. C., Horton, T. R., & Dovciak, M. (2024). Mycorrhizal fungi as critical biotic filters for tree seedling establishment during species range expansions. Ecological Monographs, 94, e1634.

Vissault, S., Talluto, L., Boulangeat, I., & Gravel, D. (2020). Slow demography and limited dispersal constrain the expansion of north-eastern temperate forests under climate change. Journal of Biogeography, 47, 2645-2656.

Wason, J. W., & Dovciak, M. (2017). Tree demography suggests multiple directions and drivers for species range shifts in mountains of the Northeastern United States. Global Change Biology, 23, 3335-3347.

Wason, J. W., Bevilacqua, & Dovciak, M. (2017). Climates on the move: implications of climate warming for species distributions in mountains of the northeastern United States. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 246, 272-280.

Woodall, C. W., Oswalt, C. M., Westfall, J. A., Perry, C. H., Nelson, M. D., & Finley, A. O. (2009). An indicator of tree migration in forests of the eastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 257, 1434-1444.