Tree-limit stress and disturbance a 25-year survey of geoecological change in the Scandes Mountains of Sweden

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 139-165

  Kullman, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Defoliation; Monitoring; Periglacial activity; Tree limit regression; Wind deflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000835161     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0459.00012     Document Type: Article

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