1. Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland WA 99352 USA
2. The Key Laboratory of Mountain Environment Evolution and Regulation Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences Chengdu, 610041 China
3. School of Health, Medical and Applied Science Central Queensland University Townsville QLD 4810 Australia
4. Functional Plant Ecology Community Ecology Unit Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape WSL Lausanne, CH‐1015 Switzerland
5. Plant Ecology Research Laboratory PERL School of Architecture Civil and Environmental Engineering EPFL Lausanne, CH‐1015 Switzerland
6. Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ETH Zurich Universitaetsstrasse 16 Zurich 8092 Switzerland
7. Western Ecological Research Center US Geological Survey Three Rivers CA 93271 USA
8. Laboratory of Tree‐Ring Research University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA
9. Fort Collins Science Center New Mexico Landscapes Field Station US Geological Survey Los Alamos NM, 87544 USA
10. School of Biological Sciences Washington State University Pullman WA 99164‐4236 USA