Spruce and fir regeneration and climate in the forest-tundra ecotone of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, U.S.A.

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-183

  Hessl, Amy E ^a   Baker, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE RECORD; CLIMATIC CHANGE; FOREST-TUNDRA ECOTONE; FOREST/TUNDRA; PALAECOLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATE; TREE ESTABLISHMENT;

USA, COLORADO, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030613435     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552044     Document Type: Article

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