Neoglacial climate control of subarctic Picea abies stand dynamics and range limit in Northern Sweden

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-326

  Kullman, Leif ^a   Engelmark, Ola ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATIC CONTROL; FROST; GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE; HOLOCENE VEGETATION; NEOGLACIAL; PERMAFROST; SPRUCE STAND; TREELINE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES; PINACEAE;

EID: 0030754306     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552146     Document Type: Article

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