Tree-limits and montane forests in the Swedish scandes: Sensitive biomonitors of climate change and variability

Ambio

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 312-321

  Kullman, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT GROWTH; SWEDEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; TREELINE;

SWEDEN;

ABIES; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0031847951     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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