The suitability of montane ecotones as indicators of global climatic change

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-272

  Kupfer, John A ^a   Cairns, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine tree line; Boreal; Climate change; Deciduous; Disequilibrium; Ecotones; Lag time

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ECOTONE; BOREAL ECOTONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTONE;

EID: 0030425258     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030913339602000301     Document Type: Article

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