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The alpine treeline ecotone (ATE) is an area of transition high on mountains where closed canopy forests from lower elevations give way to the open alpine tundra and rocky expanses above. Alpine tundra is an island biome and its ecotone with forest is subject to change, and like oceanic islands, alpine tundra is subject to invasion - or the upward advance of treeline. The invasion of tundra by trees will have consequences for the tundra biome as invasion does for other island flora and fauna. To examine the invasibility of tundra we take a plant's-eye-view, wherein the local conditions become

Timberline --- Forest ecology. --- Forest ecosystems --- Forests and forestry --- Ecology --- Alpine timberline --- Alpine treeline --- Latitudinal timberline --- Latitudinal treeline --- Timber-line --- Tree line --- Treeline --- Forest ecology --- Mountain ecology --- Vegetation boundaries --- Glacier National Park (Mont.) --- Glacier National Park (USA) --- Environmental conditions. --- Climatic changes --- Montana --- Glacier National Park --- Geomorphology --- Environmental conditions --- Glacier Park (Mont.) --- Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (Mont. and Alta.)