Tree-limit rise and recent warming: A geoecological case study from the Swedish Scandes

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 49-59

  Kullman, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa; Climate warming; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Swedish Scandes; Tree limit; Upward shift

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLOBAL WARMING; TREELINE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0033929988     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002919500423771     Document Type: Article

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