Rapid recent range-margin rise of tree and shrub species in the Swedish Scandes

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-77

  Kullman, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa; Climate warming; Low alpine; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Sorbus aucuparia; Species limit; Upward plant migration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; RANGE EXPANSION; TREELINE; WARMING;

SWEDEN;

ABIES; ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SALIX; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 0036191987     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-0477.2001.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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