Rise and demise of cold-climate Picea abies forest in Sweden

New Phytologist

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-256

  Kullman, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climatic variability; Palaeoecology; Picea abies; Soil temperature; Winter dieback

Indexed keywords

ABIES; BETULA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; BETULA PUBESCENS TORTUOSA; BETULACEAE; PINACEAE;

CLIMATIC CHANGE; FIRE; MOUNTAIN BIRCH; NORWAY SPRUCE; PALAEOECOLOGY; WINTER DIEBACK;

SWEDEN, SCANDES;

EID: 0030425007     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04629.x     Document Type: Article

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