Paludification and forest retreat in northern oceanic environments

Annals of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue SPEC. ISS. JAN., 2003, Pages 213-226

  Crawford, R M M ^a   Jeffree, C E ^b   Rees, W G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bog; Boreal forest; Climate change; Flooding; North Atlantic Oscillation; Oceanicity; Review; Treeline; Tundra

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BOG; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLOODING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALUDIFICATION; SUCCESSION; TUNDRA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; NORTH AMERICA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WATER;

EUROPE; ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SIBERIA; WORLD;

EID: 0037239253     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf185     Document Type: Review

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